Sossna v. Golonka

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• holding that a newspaper article which suggested that Suozzi received “political favoritism” from his brother the mayor, but did not contain a clear assertion that a crime had been committed, was not defamatory and could not constitute libel per se
• noting that actual malice cannot \be founded on the misinterpretation of a source or the resolution of an ambiguity adversely to the plaintiff\
• affirming summary judgment against plaintiff where he relied solely on attorney argument to prove actual malice
• holding that “misinterpretation of a source or the resolution of an ambiguity adversely to the plaintiff or in accordance with a particular political view” does not constitute actual malice
• holding that \misinterpretation of a source or the resolution of an ambiguity adversely to the plaintiff or in accordance with a particular political view\ does not constitute actual malice

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