RECENT DEVELOPMENT: MILKOVICH V. LORAIN JOURNAL CO. : LOST BREATHING SPACE -- SUPREME COURT STIFLES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION BY ELIMINATING FIRST AMENDMENT OPINION PRIVILEGE.The News-Herald of Willoughby, Ohio, published a...
CASE COMMENT: Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.: The Balance TipsDANIEL ANKER
Lorain Journal Co., the Supreme Court held that there is no separate constitutional protection for statements of opinion. It also held that an accusation that an individual lied is a statement of fact actionable in defamation. Lower courts have, correctly in our view, essentially ignored both ...