Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the Court 1
477 U.S. 242
106 S.Ct. 2505
91 L.Ed.2d 202
Jack ANDERSON, et al., Petitioners
v.
LIBERTY LOBBY, INC. and Willis A. Carto.
No. 84-1602.
Argued Dec. 3, 1985.
Decided June 25, 1986.
Syllabus
In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686, it was held that, in a libel suit brought by a public official (extended by later cases to public figures), the First Amendment requires the plaintiff to show that in publishing the alleged defamatory statement the defendant acted with actual malice. It was further held that such actual malice must be shown with "convincing clarity."…
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