Campbell v. Robinson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding, as a matter of first impression, that public school teachers are public officials
• dismissing a claim of defamation against a public official for failure to allege facts that would establish an essential element–reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of the statements
• “[S]tates can reach lower into the governmental hierarchy than that which is required by the United States Constitution and lesser officers or employees can be designated ‘public officials.’”
• “[S]tates can reach lower into the governmental hierarchy than that which is required by the United States Constitution and lesser officers or employees can be designated ‘public officials.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).