EAST END YACHT CLUB, INC.

v.

BUCKLEY BROS.

Citator

Cited By (38 total)

• Shaw From v. Tallahassee Democrat, Inc., 400 So. 2d 52 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981)
  …clearly answered in Florida, but we think the better view should be as pronounced in Bucher v. Roberts, 595 P. 2d [*57] 239 (Colo.1979), and Rinaldi v. Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, Inc., 42 N.Y.2d 369, 397 N.Y.S.2d 943, 366 N.E. 2d 1299, cert. denied, 434 U.S. 969, 98 S.Ct. 514, 54 L.Ed.2d 456 (1977). We adopt the view that it is a question of law for the court and hold that these statements contained in the article are opinion, which is a critical judgment made by the author. Gertz would indicate that expres…
• HAY v. Indep. Newspapers, Inc., 450 So. 2d 293 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984)
  …Kotlikoff (accusations of mayor’s involvement in “huge coverup” and “conspiracy” were, in context, protected expressions of opinion); contra Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 42 N.Y.2d 369, 397 N.Y.S.2d 943, 366 N.E. 2d 1299, cert. denied, 434 U.S. 969, 98 S.Ct. 514, 54 L.Ed.2d 456 (1977) (accusations of criminal activity, even in form of opinion, are not constitutionally protected). The complaint was further defective because it failed to allege fault upon the part of appellee in publishing stat…
• Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, 750 F.2d 970 (D.C. Cir. 1984)
  …bring charges was not protected opinion). Even a somewhat less well defined accusation that a “judge is corrupt” has been held actionable. Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 42 N.Y.2d 1299, 397 N.Y. S.2d 943, 366 N.E. 2d 1299, cert. denied, 434 U.S. 969, 98 S.Ct. 514, 54 L.Ed.2d 456 (1977). “Corruption,” at least in the context of public service, was deemed to imply factual allegations of bribery or other official malfeasance. On the other hand, statements that are “loosely definable” or “variousl…

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