Legal Opinion
Embrey v. Holly
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 23, 1982No. [No. 71, September Term, 1981.]PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDigges, J.
Murphy, C. J., and Eldridge and Davidson, JJ., dissent. Murphy, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 143 infra, in which Eldridge and Davidson, JJ., join.
Ever since the United States Supreme Court in the case of New York Times v. Sullivan *1 declared in 1964 that laws of libel and slander are incompatible with the concepts underlying the first amendment of the federal constitution, courts have struggled to strike a proper balance between the *130interest of an individual in guarding his reputation 2 and the federally protected free speech values that in many ways represent the essence of our…
2Cases cited71 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
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by93 opinions
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- Montgomery Ward v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
- Robyn Douglass, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, and Augustin GregoryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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