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Cocktails On Campus: Are Libations A Liability?, Susan S. Bendlin Jan 2015

Cocktails On Campus: Are Libations A Liability?, Susan S. Bendlin

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The Uneasy And Often Unhelpful Interaction Of Tort Law And Constitutional Law In First Amendment Litigation, George C. Christie Jan 2015

The Uneasy And Often Unhelpful Interaction Of Tort Law And Constitutional Law In First Amendment Litigation, George C. Christie

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There are increasing tensions between the First Amendment and the common law torts of intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and privacy. This Article discusses the conflicting interactions among the three models that are competing for primacy as the tort law governing expressive activities evolves to accommodate the requirements of the First Amendment. At one extreme there is the model that expression containing information which has been lawfully obtained that contains neither intentional falsehoods nor incitements to immediate violence can only be sanctioned in narrowly defined exceptional circumstances, even if that expression involves matters that are universally regarded as being …


The Mdl Vortex Revisited, Thomas B. Metzloff Jan 2015

The Mdl Vortex Revisited, Thomas B. Metzloff

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