CRONEN

v.

CITY OF GALENA PARK, TEXAS,

Citator

Cited By

• Alphonse Della-Donna v. Gore Newspapers Co., 489 So. 2d 72 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986)
  …first identify a “public controversy” and secondly inquire into the nature and extent of the plaintiff’s participation in that controversy. Street v. National Broadcasting Co., 645 F. 2d 1227, 1234 (6th Cir.1981), dismissed pursuant to stipulation, 454 U.S. 1095, 102 S.Ct. 667, 70 L.Ed.2d 636 (1981). See Hutchinson v. Proxmire, 443 U.S. 111, 135, 99 S.Ct. 2675, 2688, 61 L.Ed.2d 411 (1979); Wolston v. Readers Digest Ass’n, 443 U.S. 157, 164-69, 99 S.Ct. 2701, 2706-08, 61 L.Ed.2d 450 (1979); Time, Inc. v. Fir…
• Clark v. Am. Broad. Cos., Inc., 684 F.2d 1208 (6th Cir. 1982)
  …of its falsity or with reckless disregard for the truth.” Gertz, 418 U.S. at 342, 94 S.Ct. at 3008. See Street v. National Broadcasting Co., 645 F. 2d 1227, 1233 (6th Cir.), cert. granted, 454 U.S. 815, 102 S.Ct. 91, 70 L.Ed.2d 83, cert. dismissed, 454 U.S. 1095, 102 S.Ct. 667, 70 L.Ed.2d 636 (1981); Walker v. Cahalan, 542 F. 2d 681, 684 (6th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 430 U.S. 966, 97 S.Ct. 1647, 52 L.Ed.2d 357 (1977). The court in Gertz defined “public figures” for purposes of the First and Fourth Amendmen…
• MR. Chow OF NEW York v. STE. Jour Azur S.A., 759 F.2d 219 (2d Cir. 1985)
  …1985); Bring v. Penthouse International, 695 F. 2d 438, 440 (10th Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1132, 103 S.Ct. 3112, 77 L.Ed.2d 1367 (1983); Street v. National Broadcasting Co., 645 F. 2d 1227, 1232 (6th Cir.), cert. dismissed per stipulation, 454 U.S. 1095, 102 S.Ct. 667, 70 L.Ed.2d 636 (1981). . In Edwards, we distinguished the epithet "liar" from the epithet "paid liar.” We found that unlike calling someone a liar, charging someone with being a paid liar was an assertion of fact. We explained: [T]…