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· 2/28/1984

Read v. News-Journal Co.

Citations

  • 474 A.2d 119
  • 10 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1399
  • 1984 Del. LEXIS 307

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding \the motive of a publisher irrelevant\ to the \rationale for the breadth of the privilege\
  • \An action for defamation cannot be premised solely on defendant's style or utilization of vivid words in reporting a judicial proceeding.\
  • “The Complaint shows on its face that the news article was privileged and that the privilege was not abused.”
  • qualified privilege for publication of fair reports of judicial proceedings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Horsey, Moore, Hartnett

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