Legal Opinion

Charles G. Rebozo, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. The Washington Post Company, Defendant-Appellee-Cross

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 19, 1981No. 78-3403PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered for the defendant newspaper in a defamation suit. The district court found that plaintiff was a public figure and that no genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether defendant acted with actual malice. We affirm the court’s finding that plaintiff is a public figure. We reverse, however, as to the decision that there was no genuine issue of material fact on the question of whether defendant acted with actual malice in publishing the newspaper article that forms the basis of this suit, and remand for further…

2Cases cited22 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. St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Wayne Ernest Barker v. Ben Norman and Jack BallasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  3. Reader's Digest Assn. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Lawrence v. Bauer Publishing & Printing Ltd.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1982

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