Roy v. Monitor-Patriot Co.

This action for libel is the same case reported in Roy v. Monitor-Patriot Co., 109 N.H. 441, 254 A.2d 832 (1969). Certiorari was granted by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that criminal conduct no *81matter how remote in time or place can never be irrelevant to a candidate’s fitness for office so as to bring the publication within the private sector not requiring the application of the “knowing falsehood or reckless disregard” requirements of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 11 L. Ed. 2d 686, 84 S. Ct. 710 (1964); Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy, 401 U.S. 265, 28 L. Ed.…