· 12/16/1986
Frederick W. Moncrief v. Lexington Herald-Leader Co
Citations
- 807 F.2d 217
- 257 U.S. App. D.C. 72
- 13 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1762
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 34784
How courts have described this case
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- upholding the district court’s interpretation that the “act” in a libel claim is the creation and publication of the statement
- “Paragraph (a)(3) . . . is a precise and intentionally restricted tort section which stops short of the outer limits of due process . . . .” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
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Judges: Bork, Buckley, Greene
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