Hibdon v. Grabowski

How courts have described this case

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

• collecting cases in which particular government officials, including a sheriff’s deputy, were considered to be “public figures”
• “[M]embership and income in my local churches and jurisdiction have declined as a result of the [] statements made by Mr. Tyson.”
• business owner touting on the internet and elsewhere his innovative modifications enhancing performance of jet skis deemed limited purpose public figure
• “In determining whether there is a public controversy, it is vital to ascertain whether the dispute existed as a public concern prior to the alleged defamatory comments.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).