Legal Opinion
Wampler v. Higgins
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided August 29, 2001No. 2000-1273PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 93 Ohio St.3d 111.] WAMPLER, APPELLANT, v. HIGGINS, APPELLEE. [Cite as Wampler v. Higgins,
2001-Ohio-1293.] Defamation—Ohio Constitution’s separate and independent protection of opinions is not limited in its application to the allegedly defamatory statements made by media defendants—Nonmedia defendant whose allegedly defamatory statements appear in a letter to the editor may invoke the same protection–Section 11, Article I, Ohio Constitution, applied. (No. 00-1273—Submitted April 4, 2001 at the Lawrence County Session— Decided…
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