Matter of Village of Port Chester v. LDV 451 Corp.

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• holding that the prohibition on recovery of presumed damages does not apply to private-figure plaintiffs in matters that do not involve public concerns
• holding that a credit report published to five subscribers did not involve a matter of public concern because it was intended for a “specific business audience”
• concluding that a credit report “concerns no public issue” because “[i]t was speech solely in the individual interest of the speaker and its specific business audience” and “was made available to only five subscribers”
• holding that the First Amendment does not require showing of actual malice for recovery of presumed and punitive damages for false statements about private figures involving matters of-purely private concern
• holding that where speech involves no matters of public concern, “the. , state interest adequately supports awards of presumed and punitive damages-even absent a showing of ‘actual malice’ ”
• holding that the First Amendment does not require showing of actual malice for recovery of presumed and punitive damages for false statements about private figures involving matters of purely private concern

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