Cape Publications, Inc. v. Bridges

How courts have described this case

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• stating in dictum that actual malice would be required to prove a false light claim
• stating in dictum that actual malice would be required to prove a false light claim
• recognizing tort of false light invasion of privacy
• “if the action for invasion of privacy arises out of publication of matter which places a claimant in a ‘false light,’ it is necessary that there be proof that publication was made with knowledge of its falsity or in reckless disregard of the truth”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).