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· 3/23/1977

A. E. Hotchner v. Jose Luis Castillo-Puche, and Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Citations

  • 551 F.2d 910
  • 2 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1545
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 14169

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  • “[A] proffered hypothesis that is offered after a full recitation of the facts on which it is based is readily understood by the audience as conjecture.”
  • “If an author represents that he has private, first- hand knowledge which substantiates the opinions he expresses, the expression of opinion becomes as damaging as an assertion of fact.”

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Judges: Lumbard, Timbers, Wyatt

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