John C. Trotter v. Jack Anderson Enterprises, Inc. And Jack Anderson

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• concluding that once an individual becomes a public figure, he “cannot erase his public-figure status by limiting public comment and maintaining a low public profile”
• concluding that once an 7 individual becomes a public figure, he “cannot erase his public-figure status by limiting public comment and maintaining a low public profile”
• arguing that Sabal “fails to plausibly allege that ADL published these statements with actual malice”
• stating that, to be considered a public figure, “the plaintiff must have more than a trivial or tangential role in the controversy”
• finding on the facts of that case that a motion for summary judgment gave plaintiff “plain notice that the question of actual malice was a matter to be litigated”
• applying three-part test and determining that the plaintiff was a limited-purpose public figure

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