Legal Opinion
Perruccio v. Arseneault
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 20, 1986No. 3126PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDupont, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment rendered for the defendants in accordance with a verdict directed at the close of the plaintiff’s case. The plaintiff sued the defendants for allegedly libelous statements made by the named defendant, Wallace Arseneault, concerning the plaintiff’s management of a labor union. The parties concede that the plaintiff is a public figure as defined in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 342, 94 S. Ct. 2997, 41 L. Ed. 2d 789 (1974), and, therefore, that the plaintiff cannot recover for defamatory falsehoods, absent clear and convincing evidence that the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Time, Inc. v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Miles v. PerryConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
- Johnson v. Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1996
- Commercial Union Insurance v. Frank Perrotti & Sons, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1989
- David E. Johnson and Susan E. Johnson v. Chesebrough-Ponds, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Iosa v. Gentiva Health Services, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 2004
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