Legal Opinion
Bank of Oregon v. Independent News, Inc.
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided January 8, 1985No. TC A7908-03679 CA A24067 SC S30174PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*436CAMPBELL, J.
The issue on review is the standard of culpability that these plaintiffs must prove in order for a court or jury to hold media defendants liable for defamation.
Plaintiffs Bank of Oregon and Wadsworth, its president, brought this libel action against defendants Independent News, Inc., publisher of the “Willamette Week,” and Buel and Meeker, two reporters for the newspaper. Plaintiffs pleaded that defendants wrote and published an article which was false and defamatory with knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard of its truth or falsity and with an actual intent to defame…
2Cases cited34 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
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by47 opinions
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