Archie E. Simonson v. United Press International, Inc., and the Associated Press, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting “that ‘rape’ as defined by common usage is incorporated into second-degree sexual assault under Tampa, Inc., 711 So. 2d 1325, 1328 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998
• no defamation when “rape” used even though crime was second-degree sexual assault because “rape,” as understood in common usage, truthfully described the conduct
• same result when media defendant used the term “rape” even though the crime was second-degree sexual assault
• lower court “finding” that judge was public official not challenged on appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).