Legal Opinion
Desmond v. The News & Observer Publ'g Co.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided December 18, 2018No. COA18-411PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STROUD, Judge.
*28 Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that in 2010 defendants published a series of defamatory articles entitled "Agent's Secrets[;]" "[t]he purpose of the Series was to report alleged problems with the SBI[, the State Bureau of Investigation], including the SBI's work, policies, and practices." Plaintiff was a special agent in firearms examination employed by the SBI, and the articles criticized and questioned her work in two murder cases. Plaintiff brought this action claiming defamation and ultimately prevailed before the jury.
Defendants The News and Observer Publishing…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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