Legal Opinion
Janklow v. Viking Press
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided December 11, 1985No. 14657PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Justice.
In May of 1983, William J. Janklow, the present governor and former attorney general of South Dakota (Janklow), filed a complaint alleging that Peter Matthiessen (author) and Viking Penquin, Inc. (Viking), as author and publisher respectively, collaborated with the American Indian Movement (AIM), to publish and distribute a book “In the Spirit of Crazy Horse,” containing numerous “false and unprivileged statements” about Janklow.1 The complaint further alleged that the statements were made “with actual malice or reckless disregard for the truth” and that all the libelous…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- DiSalle v. P.G. Publishing Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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