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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation

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There are 33 states with retraction statutes. If a full and effective retraction is issued (and published as prominently as the offending statement), it can limit damages or bar punitive damages entirely in some states. In 1967, the Supreme Court handed down Time, Inc. He can claim that this was merely an opinion.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C. Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. FEATURED CASE. States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C.

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