Legal Opinion
Jacron Sales Co. v. Sindorf
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 8, 1976No. [No. 66, September Term, 1975.]PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevine, J.
We are asked here to determine the extent to which the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution are applicable to actions for defamation by private individuals against defendants who are not publishers or broadcasters; alternatively, we shall decide as a matter of state law whether the law of defamation should be changed in view of recent decisions of the Supreme Court. See Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U. S. 323, 94 S. Ct. 2997, 41 L.Ed.2d 789 (1974). These questions arise from an action for slander brought by appellee, Jack Sindorf (Sindorf), against his former…
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- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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