Legal Opinion
McCarney v. Des Moines Register & Tribune Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 18, 1976No. 2-57145PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LeGRAND, Justice.
We authorized this interlocutory appeal under Rule 332, Rules of Civil Procedure, to consider the right of a public officer to recover from a newspaper for allegedly false and libelous statements published about him.
It is a case of unusual significance because we have not faced a similar issue since New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686, 95 A.L.R.2d 1412 was decided in 1964. (We hereafter cite this case as New York Times.) That decision announced important changes in the law of libel as it relates to public officials and those who criticize…
2Cases cited41 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
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Time, Inc. v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Jones v. PALMER COMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATEDSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
- Gail Bierman and Beth Weier v. Scott Weier and Author Solutions, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2013
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