Bell v. Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Company

How courts have described this case

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• holding that truth is a complete defense to an action for libel
• holding that truth is a complete defense to an action for libel
• “Where the defendant is a newspaper, the rule is that it is not to be held to the exact facts or to the most minute details of the transactions that it reports. What the law requires is that the publication be substantially true.”
• applying substantial truth doctrine at the summary judgment stage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).