Troman v. Wood

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[t]he freedom of speech provision! ] of ... our ... present [Illinois] constitution ] (... art. I, sec. 12
• observing “[t]he infrequency with which recovery of damages has been sustained against the objection that actual malice was not proved attests to the great difficulty facing the plaintiff in making such proof”
• “Only if liability was predicated on actual malice could punitive damages be awarded or actual damages be presumed.”
• public interest would limit responsibility for abuse of free speech imposed by state constitution
• “Only if liability was predicated on actual malice could punitive damages be awarded or actual damages be presumed.”
• applying similar rule of New Mexico law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).