Legal Opinion
Yetman v. English
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 1991No. CV-89-0363-PRPublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FELDMAN, Vice Chief Justice.
David Yetman petitioned us to review a court of appeals opinion affirming the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury on the issue of punitive damages in his defamation action against William English. English filed a cross-petition for review, claiming his remarks were absolutely protected expression under the first amendment to the United States Constitution and article 2, § 6 of the Arizona Constitution. Given the importance of the issues, we granted review only of the cross-petition to address the interplay between the constitutional protections of…
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