Legal Opinion
Press, Inc. v. Verran
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1978PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HENRY, Chief Justice.
We granted certiorari in this action of libel to consider the extent of a publisher’s constitutional privilege against liability for defamation. We focus on the specific issue of whether plaintiff is a “public official” or a “public figure” under the law of libel as it has developed under recent decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. 1
The trial judge sustained the motion of petitioner for summary judgment, holding that respondent, a junior social worker in the Washington County office of the State Department of Human Services, was a public official…
2Cases cited8 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
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by82 opinions
- Sullivan v. Baptist Memorial HospitalTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- Erickson v. Jones Street Publishers, LLCSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- Kahn v. BowerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
- Pate v. Service Merchandise Co., Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- Stones River Motors, Inc. v. Mid-South Publishing Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
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