Editorial Privilege and the Scope of Discovery in Sullivan Rule Libel Actions

The war in Vietnam was the source of a great deal of social, political, and legal controversy. The impact of that war on our society was significant and substantial, but most students of the experience would probably not have predicted that the war's events would produce a lawsuit that could ha...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.sol_research-40632017-06-22T03:53:55Z Editorial Privilege and the Scope of Discovery in Sullivan Rule Libel Actions HUNTER, Howard The war in Vietnam was the source of a great deal of social, political, and legal controversy. The impact of that war on our society was significant and substantial, but most students of the experience would probably not have predicted that the war's events would produce a lawsuit that could have a significant effect on the common law tort of defamation. The intriguing saga of Lt. Colonel Anthony Herbert, however, set the stage for the decision of a case that was almost as important to libel litigants as New York Times Co. v. Sullivan and Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. 1979-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2111 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4063/viewcontent/67KyLJ789__1_.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Law and Society Legal History
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Editorial Privilege and the Scope of Discovery in Sullivan Rule Libel Actions
description The war in Vietnam was the source of a great deal of social, political, and legal controversy. The impact of that war on our society was significant and substantial, but most students of the experience would probably not have predicted that the war's events would produce a lawsuit that could have a significant effect on the common law tort of defamation. The intriguing saga of Lt. Colonel Anthony Herbert, however, set the stage for the decision of a case that was almost as important to libel litigants as New York Times Co. v. Sullivan and Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
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title Editorial Privilege and the Scope of Discovery in Sullivan Rule Libel Actions
title_short Editorial Privilege and the Scope of Discovery in Sullivan Rule Libel Actions
title_full Editorial Privilege and the Scope of Discovery in Sullivan Rule Libel Actions
title_fullStr Editorial Privilege and the Scope of Discovery in Sullivan Rule Libel Actions
title_full_unstemmed Editorial Privilege and the Scope of Discovery in Sullivan Rule Libel Actions
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publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 1979
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2111
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