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  • Minnesota Court Rules on Internet Libel

    07/11/2002 11:11:50 PM PDT · by ppaul · 8 replies · 818+ views
    AP ^ | 7/11/02 | Brian Bakst
    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Minnesota woman who wrote a message on the Internet critical of an Alabama scholar cannot be sued for libel in the scholar's home state. The woman's lawyer said the ruling shows that free-speech rules covering newspapers, magazines or television also apply to a new medium like the Internet. The high court vacated a $25,000 judgment against Marianne Luban, whose criticism on an Internet newsgroup devoted to Egyptology was directed at Katherine Griffis, a scholar living in Alabama. The Internet posting mentioned that Griffis had ties to Alabama,...