...prohibits a public afficial from recovering damages for a defamatory falsehood relating to his official conduct unless he proves that the statement was made...reckless disregard of whether it was false or not'. The United States Supreme Court went further in Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, where such immunity...

...prohibits a public official from recovering damages for a defamatory falsehood relating to his official conduct unless he proves that the statement was made...'actual malice' — that is, with knowledge that it was fab:c or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not" (page 562, Constitutional Law, Miriam...

...considered libelous. The court said there was no evidence that the newspaper published the letter with the knowledge that it was false or with "reckless disregard of whether it was false or not." / In Florida, a law which excluded administrators from membership in professional education associations...

...by public officials against critics of their official conduct: no damages should be allowed unless the statement was made with " 'actual malice' —...reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.'' TIME DOES NOT PERMIT me to elaborate the views on these issues which I have set forth elsewhere over...

...prohibits a public official from recovering damages for a defamatory falsehood relating to his official conduct unless he proves that the statement was made...whether it was false or not." (376 US at 279-280.) 2. The above Federal rule is clearly applicable to broadcast stations. A public official could not...

...relating to his official conduct unless he proves that the statement was made Opinion of the Court. 376 US with "actual malice" — that is, with knowledge that...reckless disregard of whether it was false or not. An oft-cited statement of a like rule, which has been adopted by a number of state courts,20 is found...

...Brant, Seditious Libel: Myth and Reality, 39 NYUL Rev. 1. GOLDBERG, J., concurring in result. 376 US 'actual malice' — that is, with knowledge that it...reckless disregard of whether it was false or not." Ante, at 279-280. The Court thus rules that the Constitution gives citizens and newspapers a "conditional...

...public official for criticism of his official conduct, to an award of damages for a false statement "made with 'actual malice' — that is, with knowledge...whether it was false or not." 376 US, at 279-280. At the outset, we must decide whether, in view of the differing history and purposes of criminal libel,...

...order to recover damages, must demonstrate that a false statement was made with '"actual malice'—that is, with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not."" 6 The standard's original premise was the need to insulate speakers from libel damages to insure that...

...successful in such litigation, the public figure must demonstrate that the offending statement was made "with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not." Counsel for Reverend Falwell argued, however, that a different standard should apply in this case,...