Legal Opinion
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1990No. 89-645PublishedCited by 1,604 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
Respondent J. Theodore Diadiun authored an article in an Ohio newspaper implying that petitioner Michael Milko-vich, a local high school wrestling coach, lied under oath in a judicial proceeding about an incident involving petitioner and his team which occurred at a wrestling match. Petitioner sued Diadiun and the newspaper for libel, and the Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court entry of summary judgment against petitioner. This judgment was based in part on the grounds that the article constituted an “opinion” protected from the reach of state defamation law by the First Amendment to…
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