Legal Opinion
Elder v. Gaffney Ledger
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided June 19, 2000No. 25153PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLER, Justice:
We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in Elder v. Gaffney Ledger, 333 S.C. 651, 511 S.E.2d 383 (Ct.App.1999). We reverse.
FACTS
This is a defamation case. Respondent Wayne Elder, was Chief of Police for the town of Blacksburg.1 On May 17,1995, Petitioner, the Gaffney Ledger (Newspaper), printed the following in its “What’s Your Beef?”2 column:
Are the drug dealers paying?
I’d like to know what the people think about this. The Chief of the Blacksburg Police Department knows that *113these people are selling drugs and they have been selling them many years and he…
2Cases cited21 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
- Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. ConnaughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Fleming v. RoseSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2002
- George v. FabriSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001
- Erickson v. Jones Street Publishers, LLCSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- Murray, v. Holnam, Inc. and Thomas Thornton, of Whom Holnam, Inc. IsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001
- Goodwin v. KennedyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001
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