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· 3/6/1979

Schultz v. Reader's Digest Ass'n

Citations

  • 468 F. Supp. 551
  • 4 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2356
  • 1979 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13984

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that the “continued vitality” of the involuntary public figure classification was called into question by the Supreme Court’s Firestone decision
  • fame due primarily to passive connection to investigations of alleged connections to underworld figures not voluntary involvement in public controversy
  • fame due primarily to passive connection to investigations of alleged connections to underworld figures not voluntary involvement in public controversy
  • disappearance of James R. Hoffa recognized as public controversy
  • disappearance of James R. Hoffa recognized as public controversy

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Judges: Ralph M. Freeman

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