Legal Opinion
Alfred R. Pierce v. Capital Cities Communications, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation, and Richard Kellman
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 12, 1978No. 77-1470PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
We are presented here with a clash between two basic norms in our legal system. One concerns the valued right of a person to be protected against inaccurate statements harming his reputation. The other deals with one of the most indispensable freedoms in a democratic state, namely, that of untrammeled expression regarding the conduct of a public official. Although the reconciliation of these principles in the context of a particular factual configuration seldom will be easy, it is essential to the healthy survival of each. That is the task which this…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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