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Washington Law Review

1967

Libel

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Extension Of The Sullivan Rule To Non-Official Public Figures, Anon Mar 1967

Extension Of The Sullivan Rule To Non-Official Public Figures, Anon

Washington Law Review

On two separate occasions, Dr. Linus Pauling sued news services for libel. In one case, involving a magazine which had identified Dr. Pauling as a communist without proof of the accusation, his libel action was dismissed by a New York court. In the second case, an editorial in defendant's newspaper falsely reported that Dr. Pauling had been cited for contempt of Congress. He had failed to comply with a congressional demand for a list of associates who had aided him in circulating a petition against nuclear testing, but was never actually cited for contempt. A federal district court's verdict for …


Extension Of The Sullivan Rule To Non-Official Public Figures, Anon Mar 1967

Extension Of The Sullivan Rule To Non-Official Public Figures, Anon

Washington Law Review

On two separate occasions, Dr. Linus Pauling sued news services for libel. In one case, involving a magazine which had identified Dr. Pauling as a communist without proof of the accusation, his libel action was dismissed by a New York court. In the second case, an editorial in defendant's newspaper falsely reported that Dr. Pauling had been cited for contempt of Congress. He had failed to comply with a congressional demand for a list of associates who had aided him in circulating a petition against nuclear testing, but was never actually cited for contempt. A federal district court's verdict for …