JOURN 4000 1st Edition Lecture 21Outline of Last LectureI. LibelII. Public FiguresOutline of Current LectureI. Public FiguresII. DepositionsIII. Fabricating quotes Current Lecture-All criminals are not voluntary public figures60 Minutes, Colonel Herbert said war crimes were committed in Vietnam1986- Hepps case-Private individual, public concern, common law rule saying defendant must provide defense -Matter of public concern, plaintiff has burden of proof-Private, it can shif-Summary judgmentViceroy Cigarette case (1988)-Spoliation-Entertaining serious doubts wreckless disregard-Defense minister of Israel Time said he encouraged a massacre-Sued Time for $50 millionThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-Time was negligent, the court said-Time won-Wes Morlan, CBS-Trying to distort size of North Vietnamese forces -Sued, decided to fold afer 18 weeksDepositions -No privilege to use deposition unless it has been entered into violenceDiSalle case-Pittsburgh Post Gazette-Interest judgment against you, appeal, lose appeal, interest is paid from time of jury verdict to the time of the appeal-Pretrial interest in some jurisdictions-Bob sister conspired with Disalle to make false will-Depositions never entered into evidence in court-Wayne Newton caseFabricating quotesMason vs. New Yorker Magazine-Intellectual gigolo-Can fictionalize quotes to an extent rationale interpretations of ambiguous remarks-SC nope, quotes are exact words-Material change makes a
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