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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. Congress recognized the threat that tort-based lawsuits pose to freedom of speech in the new and burgeoning Internet medium.

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Stern Rebuke: Auburn University Hit With Punitive Damages in Free Speech Case

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

There seemed little balance struck in this case and the jury responded by hitting Auburn with punitive damages. It awarded $145,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages. City of Melbourne , 731 F.3d 3d 1161, 1168 (11th Cir. 2013), the Supreme Court in Pickering , 391 U.S. alteration added).

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

Stern Rebuke: Auburn University Hit With Punitive Damages in Free Speech Case

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