John W. Carson and Joanna Holland v. Allied News Company, an Illinois Corporation, and National Insider, Inc., an Illinois Corporation

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1976-03-08

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SPRECHER, Circuit Judge. The principal issue on appeal is whether summary judgment was properly entered against “public figures” prosecuting a libel suit or whether “actual malice” was shown with convincing clarity to warrant a jury determination of that issue under New York Times v. Sullivan, <a href="/opinion/106761/ne…

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