Thomson v. Cash

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• whether words susceptible of being construed to imply fraud or wrongdoing were used in “the defamatory sense is a question of fact for the jury”
• whether words susceptible of being construed to imply fraud or wrongdoing were used in “the defamatory sense is a question of fact for the jury”
• “Words alleged to be defamatory must be read in the context of the publication taken as a whole.”
• “In order to be actionable, the language complained of must be defamatory, that is, it must tend to lower the plaintiff in the esteem of any substantial and respectable group, even though it may be quite a small minority.” (quotation omitted)
• Governor obviously a public official
• following § 577 cmt. (c)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).