Legal Opinion
Downing v. Monitor Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided May 22, 1980No. 79-364PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrimes, C.J.
The issue in this libel case is whether the defendant should be required to disclose the source of its information. We hold that it should.
The plaintiff was a public official at the time of the alleged libel. The plaintiff, then chief of police, claimed to have sustained a gunshot wound on April 3, 1975, while checking on a residence in Boscawen. An investigation ensued during which the defendant published several articles about the incident, suggesting that the plaintiff had not told the truth about the incident.
*385On April 12, 1975, the defendant published an article that contained the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Herbert v. LandoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Bruno & Stillman, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Maressa v. New Jersey MonthlySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
- Gray v. St. Martin's Press, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Gill v. Gulfstream Park Racing Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- In the Matter of RocheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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