Legal Opinion
Wattigny v. Lambert
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 25, 1984No. 84-301PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
453 So.2d 1272 (1984)
Gerard H. WATTIGNY, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
William H. LAMBERT, Defendant-Relator.
No. 84-301.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
July 25, 1984.
Armentor & Waggigny, Gerard H. Wattigny, New Iberia, for plaintiff-respondent.
Allen, Gooch & Bourgeois, Clay Allen, Lafayette, for defendant-relator.
Before GUIDRY, CUTRER and STOKER, JJ.
GUIDRY, Judge.
In New York Times Company v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964), the United States Supreme Court held that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limits the right of a public official to recover…
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