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To: Poohbah
Well, please share. I've been on the other end, and there isn't much you can do.
1,260 posted on 10/24/2003 6:50:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway (www.terrisfight.org)
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To: nickcarraway
BTW, your AOL case involved a public official covered under Sullivan.

I reported on a penny-stock operator in California. I relied on SEC filings by the plaintiff for all statements of fact in the article. That saved me a pretty penny, because the case never went to trial--it was thrown out on prelim.

Libel law in this country is either extremely weak--or it is extremely strong. There is no middle ground.

1,274 posted on 10/24/2003 6:56:35 PM PDT by Poohbah ("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
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