Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Johnson

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• holding that the word \blackmail\ used in that specific context was no more than rhetorical hyperbole
• holding that the word “blackmail” used in that specific context was no more than rhetorical hyperbole
• holding that use of the word \blackmail\ to describe plaintiff's negotiating position could not be understood as a statement of fact
• holding that liability for publishing rhetorical hyperbole “would subvert the most fundamental meaning of a free press”
• holding that a description of a public figure’s negotiating position as “blackmail” could not be construed as charging the plaintiff with committing a crime
• holding that a description of a public figure’s negotiating position as “blackmail” could not be construed as charging the plaintiff with committing a crime

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).