Fairbanks Publishing Company v. Francisco

While I concur in the ultimate decision of the majority that the judgment must be reversed, I dissent from that portion of the opinion which holds that only the words “permanently fired,” contained in the News-Miner article of May 6, 1957, should have been given to the jury for their determination as to whether or not the article was a fair and substantially accurate abridgment of the Raaum report.

In his amended complaint, the appellee Francisco alleged that the entire article, together with its title, “was false and untrue and defamatory and did constitute libel per se and did upon its face…