Thomas v. News World Communications

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that calling somebody “insane” or a “pitiable lunatic[]” reflects an opinion and not fact
• “Libel actions [under D.C. law] accrue on the date of publication.”
• newspaper did not act under color of state law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).