Elmer Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.

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• affirming award of $100,000 for severe mental distress, anxiety, embarrassment, and injury to professional reputation
• “observations, commentary, or mere dicta touching upon issues not formally before the court do not constitute binding determinations”
• “The interest served by the [fair report] privilege is the public’s right to know and be informed of public proceedings.”
• “The privilege may be overcome, however, by a showing that the publication was motivated by actual malice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).