Hornberger v. American Broadcasting Cos., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding police officers have diminished expectations of privacy because they occupy special positions of power and when they interact with the public
• stating that police's failure to issue a summons for erratic driving, or near collision, or even mention it to the driver \undermine[d] the importance of th[e] allegation\
• noting that police officers are public officials for purpose of actual malice requirement articulated in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) (citing Costello v. Ocean Cty. Observer, 136 N.J. 594, 613, 643 A.2d 1012 (1994)
• determining a passenger does not feel free to refuse an officer's request for identification
• determining a passenger does not feel free to refuse an officer’s request for identification
• “[S]ummary judgment is favored in defamation cases to encourage comment on matters of public concern.”

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