Legal Opinion
Citizen Publishing Co. v. Miller
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 2005No. CV-04-0280-PRPublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HURWITZ, Justice.
¶ 1 The issue before us is whether liability for intentional infliction of emotional distress can be imposed against a newspaper for printing a letter to the editor about the war in Iraq.
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¶ 2 On December 2, 2003, the Tucson Citizen (“the Citizen ”) published a letter on its Op-Ed page from Emory Metz Wright, Jr. In its entirety, the letter stated:
We can stop the murders of American soldiers in Iraq by those who seek revenge or to regain their power. Whenever there is an assassination or another atrocity we should proceed to the closest mosque and execute five of the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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