McAvoy v. Shufrin

How courts have described this case

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

• “The elements of a libel case are a false and defamatory written communication of and concerning the plaintiff.”
• libel requires ttiat plaintiff show a false and defamatory written communication of and concerning the plaintiff
• expressing doubt that constable in private employ is public official
• where plaintiff claimed defendant threatened him and defendant denied it
• there must be a publication of the defamatory remark
• “We need not consider whether the Hepps holding applies here because altering the burden of proof would not change the result of this case . .. We note also that the trial judge instructed the jury that the plaintiff had the burden of proving falsity . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).