Peroutka v. Streng

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• stating that the opinion is protected “so long as it does not reasonably indicate an assertion of the existence of other, defamatory, facts that would justify the forming of the opinion.”
• Article Forty is to be treated in pari materia with the First Amendment.
• “If the facts from which a defendant forms his or her opinion are given or are readily available and those facts cannot be proved false, the defendant is not subject to liability for the opinion.”

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