· 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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