Legal Opinion

Yancey v. Hamilton

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided September 7, 1989No. 88-SC-693-DGPublished

1Opinion of the Court

786 S.W.2d 854 (1989)

Gregory Lynn YANCEY, Movant,

v.

Fred H. HAMILTON, et al., Respondents.

No. 88-SC-693-DG.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

September 7, 1989.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1990.

J.B. Rees, Gregory K. Berry, Florence, Ky., Raymond S. Bogucki, Augusta, Ky., for appellant.

Asa Rouse, Rouse, Benson & Koenig, P.S.C., Walton, Ky., for respondent, Fred H. Hamilton.

Richard G. Meyer, Deters, Benzinger & LaVelle, Covington, Ky., for remaining appellees.

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The principal issue to be decided on this appeal is whether the publishing of a remark that an individual was a "con artist"…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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