Legal Opinion
Bustos v. a & E TELEVISION NETWORKS
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 19, 2011No. 10-1253PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.
Can you win damages in a defamation suit for being called a member of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang on cable television when, as it happens, you have merely conspired with the Brotherhood in a criminal enterprise? The answer is no. While the statement may cause you a world of trouble, while it may not be precisely true, it is substantially true. And that is enough to call an end to this litigation as a matter of law.
Jerry Lee Bustos is a longtime inmate at the federal supermax facility at Florence, Colorado. Back in 1998, he was chatting with a few acquaintances on…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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