Thomas v. Telegraph Pub. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining the differences between the incremental harm and libel-proof plaintiff doctrines
• defamation requires “publi[cation of] a false and defamatory statement of fact about the plaintiff to a third party”
• defamation requires “publi[cation of] a false and defamatory statement of fact about the plaintiff to a third party”
• “To justify applying the doctrine, the evidence of record must show, not only that the plaintiff engaged in criminal or.anti-social behaviob.in the past, but also that his activities were widely reported to the public.” (internal citation omitted)
• information obtained from a pre-sentence investigation report
• involving a presentence investigation report

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).