Legal Opinion
Perez v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided March 9, 1988No. 87-34PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHerbert R. Brown, J.
This case calls upon us to decide whether summary judgment was properly entered against the plaintiff in a public-official defamation case. For the reasons which follow, we find that it was.
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The law of defamation has been given much attention by the federal courts and by this court. Rather than repetitiously plough old ground, we think it sufficient to sketch the law which serves as the foundation on which this case must be decided.
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), 376 U.S. 254, 279-280, “prohibits a public official from recovering damages for a defamatory falsehood relating to his…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by115 opinions
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- Jackson v. City of ColumbusOhio Supreme Court · 2008
- McKimm v. Ohio Elections CommissionOhio Supreme Court · 2000
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