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Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. | 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
In 1968, the Nelson family hired Elmer Gertz, a prominent Chicago attorney, to bring a civil suit against a Chicago police officer. Previously, the officer had been criminally prosecuted for killing their son. During the course of litigation, Gertz was featured in a magazine called American Opinion. Gertz had little to do with the police officer’s criminal prosecution, but the article accused him of masterminding the whole thing. The magazine claimed it was a frame-up of the police officer, as part of a vast conspiracy to discredit law enforcement. Many of these statements were blatantly false, and the magazine’s managing editor published the material without attempting to verify its truth.
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[@hlrsmpstr5058]

It is curious how the court separate New York Times vs Sullivan while the person who wrote the opinion for New York Times v Sullivan rejected that separation.

[@collegeboy309]

im pretty sure he won during the first trial and was awarded $50,000 but lost in the court of appeals due to him not being able to prove the presence of malic and was not seen as a public official.

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The court is so clever.