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· 9/10/1979

Gay v. Williams

Citations

  • 486 F. Supp. 12
  • 5 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1785
  • 1979 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9913

How courts have described this case

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

  • declining to find actual malice where local newspaper printed release from national wire service without independent investigation of the article’s accuracy
  • newspaper’s republication of wire service story is separate and independent claim from original publication by wire service
  • AP release about plaintiff, an \Alaska bush pilot accused in Arizona drug trafficking\
  • based upon pre Gertz Alaska state court decisions
  • based upon pre- Gertz Alaska state court decisions
  • based upon pre- Gertz authorities

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Judges: Fitzgerald

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