Legal Opinion
James Edwards v. Detroit News Inc
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided October 31, 2017No. 334058Published
1Opinion of the Court
STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS JAMES EDWARDS, PUBLISHED October 31, 2017 Plaintiff-Appellant, 9:00 a.m. v No. 334058 Wayne Circuit Court DETROIT NEWS, INC, LC No. 16-004874-NO Defendant-Appellee, and BANKOLE THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellee. Before: GLEICHER, P.J., and FORT HOOD and SWARTZLE, JJ. SWARTZLE, J. The Restatement (Second) of Torts § 559 lists “membership in the Ku Klux Klan” as the quintessential illustration of a defamatory statement. In an opinion piece in The Detroit News, columnist Bankole Thompson asserted that radio show host James Edwards is a “leader” of the Ku Klux Klan.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Virginia v. BlackSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Latham v. Barton Malow Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 2008
- Garvelink v. Detroit NewsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1994
- Battaglieri v. MacKinac Center for Public PolicyMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
- Egiazaryan v. ZalmayevDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2012
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