Jones v. PALMER COMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATED

How courts have described this case

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• holding expression of opinions is not defamation and is protected by the first amendment
• noting that substantial truth is an absolute defense in a defamation action
• the court must consider “the relation of the statements to the duties of the public official”
• “In determining whether the publication of the statement was excessive, the court must find a ‘valid interest on the part of the general public which necessitated or justified’ the broadcast.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).