Legal Opinion
McCluen v. Roane County Times, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided July 9, 1996PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GODDARD, Presiding Judge.
This is a suit by Scott McCluen, County Attorney for Roane County, against The Roane County Times, Inc., d/b/a The Standard, and its owner and publisher Gerald Largen, seeking damages for libel incident to two separate publications in The Standard.
The Trial Court directed a verdict in favor of the Defendants at the conclusion of the Plaintiffs proof because Mr. McCluen had not shown that Mr. Largen maliciously published the material.
Mr. McCluen appeals, insisting that the Trial Court was in error.
By way of background, it appears that previous to the publication…
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
- Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Harlan E. Orr v. The Argus-Press CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
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