Newton v. National Broadcasting Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that failure to foresee the possible implications of a statement does not give rise to liability against a public figure, rather the relevant inquiry is one of subjective intent
• noting that the defendant was not liable for defamation because the plaintiff did not establish that the defendant “intended to convey the defamatory impression at issue”
• holding it was error under Bose to conclude “that the jury could have based a finding of actual malice on a determination that the journalists’ testimony about their state of mind was not credible”
• “[W]e read Bose and Harte-Hanks as creating a ‘credibility exception’ to the New York Times rule of independent review.”
• “Even an extreme departure from accepted professional standards of journalism will not suffice to establish actual malice * * *.”
• “[W]e must simultaneously ensure the appropriate appellate protection of First Amendment values and still defer to the findings of the trier of fact.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lino Celle and Radio Mindanao Network Usa, Inc. v. Filipino Reporter Enterprises Inc. And Libertito Pelayo
  Second Circuit· 2000-04-12· cited 323×
• the Dallas Morning News, Inc. and Steve Blow v. John Tatum and Mary Ann Tatum
  Texas Supreme Court· 2018-05-11· cited 155×
• Clint Eastwood v. National Enquirer, Inc., Clint Eastwood v. National Enquirer, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-08-25· cited 66×
• Duc Tan v. Le
  Washington Supreme Court· 2013-05-09· cited 43×
• Hinerman v. Daily Gazette Co., Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-07-15· cited 33×
• Murphy v. Boston Herald, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-05-07· cited 31×
• Leah Manzari v. Associated Newspapers
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-07-25· cited 25×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-04-05· cited 23×
• Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette, Inc. v. American Coalition of Life Activists
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-05-16· cited 19×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-07-10· cited 17×
• Palin v. New York Times Co.
  Second Circuit· 2024-08-28· cited 15×
• Finebaum v. Coulter
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-02-07· cited 12×
• Marcus N. Bressler v. Fortune Magazine, a Division of Time Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-10-16· cited 8×
• Doug Lair v. Jonathan Motl
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-10-23· cited 8×
• Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
  N.D. California· 1993-09-09· cited 7×
• David Thompson v. Heather Hebdon
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-11-27· cited 6×
• Tilton v. Capital Cities/ABC Inc.
  N.D. Oklahoma· 1995-06-19· cited 2×
• Levan v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-09-29
• Metabolife International, Inc. v. Wornick
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-09-05
• Doug Lair v. Steve Bullock
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-09-01

Other cases named Newton v. National Broadcasting Co.

4 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Newton v. National Broadcasting Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-02-24· cited 13×
• Newton v. National Broadcasting Co.
  D. Nevada· 1985-05-08· cited 4×
• Newton v. National Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court· 1991-10-07
• Newton v. National Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court· 1991-10-07