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8 Oklahoma opinions name it 2 courts 1973–2000 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Oklahoma courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Hart v. Blalockgreen2 sentences2000This Court reiterated the New York Times standard in Hart v. Blalock, 1997 OK 8 & 9, 932 P.2d 1124, 1126 (Okla.1997) and stated that absent proof of actual knowledge of the falsity of a third party’s accusations, Blal-ock’s republication of those accusations was not actionable. ¶ 17 It is undisputed that the plaintiff in the case at bar is a public figure. 2000This Court reiterated the New York Times standard in Hart v. Blalock, 1997 OK 8 & 9, 932 P.2d 1124, 1126 (Okla.1997) and stated that absent proof of actual knowledge of the falsity of a third party’s accusations, Blal-ock’s republication of those accusations was not actionable. ¶ 17 It is undisputed that the plaintiff in the case at bar is a public figure. | 1 | 1 |
Weaver v. Pryor Jeffersoniangreen1 sentence1978Martin, supra, p. 87 ; Weaver v. Pryor Jeffersonian, Okl., 569 P.2d 967, 973 (1977). | 1 | 1 |
Dargusch v. Columbus Bar Ass'ngreen1 sentence1973It also said hostility, vindictiveness or other bad motives alone are not actionable; the subjective state of mind of the publisher though generally a jury issue should not always be, “especially where the issue is recklessness, which is ordinarily inferred from objective facts.”; the court also quoted from Rosenblatt v. Baer, 383 U.S. at p. 92, 86 S.Ct. at p. 679, 15 L.Ed.2d at p. 609, [concurring opinion of Mr. Justice Stewart], “No matter how gross the untruth, the New York Times rule deprives a defamed public official of any hope for legal redress without proof that the lie was a knowing o | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Oklahoma. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Martin v. Griffin Television, Inc.
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2 sentences1978Martin, supra, 3 discusses that standard requiring actual malice to be an essential element of libel as applied to a public official. 1978Martin, supra; Gertz, supra. With Wright determined to be a public defamation plaintiff, the New York Times standard must be applied. | 2 | 1978–1978 |
Washington v. World Publishing Company
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2 sentences1977This Court, in Washington v. World Publishing Co., Okl., 506 P.2d 913 (1972) embraced and refined the New York Times standard in refusing recovery on summary judgment where there was no factual showing of highly unreasonable conduct consisting of extreme departure from the standard of investigation in reporting ordinarily adhered to by responsible publishers, and where there was no showing of either actual awareness of probable falsity or that the article was so inherently improbable that only a reckless person would have put it in circulation. 1976“Actual malice” is defined as “with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.” 6 That definition has been further refined in this state under Washington v. World Publishing Company, Okl., 506 P.2d 913 (1972). | 2 | 1976–1977 |
Garrison v. Louisiana
green
2 sentences1995As stated in Garrison v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 64 , 85 S.Ct. 209 , 13 L.Ed.2d 125 (1964): The New York Times rule in not rendered inapplicable merely because an official’s private reputation, as well as his public reputation, is harmed. 1995As stated in Garrison v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 64 , 85 S.Ct. 209 , 13 L.Ed.2d 125 (1964): The New York Times rule in not rendered inapplicable merely because an official’s private reputation, as well as his public reputation, is harmed. | 1 | 1995–1995 |
Johnston v. Corinthian Television Corp.
green
1 sentence1980In Johnston v. Corinthian Television Corporation, Okl ., 583 P.2d 1101 (1978) we held that a physical education teacher, who was also an elementary wrestling coach, met the government “employee” test, and said: “A person may become a public official within contemplation of the New York Times rule in either of two ways. | 1 | 1980–1980 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.