Peagler v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “a publication which impeaches the honesty, integrity, or reputation of a person is libelous per sé and actionable without proof of special damages”
• Gertz “placed certain limitations on 12 state actions: first, that there could be no recovery without fault”
• “We hold the standard adopted in the Tentative Draft of the . . . Restatement (Second) of Torts . . . is the standard to be followed in this State.”
• “We hold the standard adopted in the Tentative Draft of the American 21 Law Institute, Restatement (Second) of Torts . . . is the standard to be followed in this State.”
• “We hold the standard adopted in the Tentative Draft of the American 23 Law Institute, Restatement (Second) of Torts . . . is the standard to be followed in this State.”
• setting out the elements for defamation of a private person

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).