Smolla, Rodney A.

Suing the press Rodney A. Smolla. - New York Oxford University Press 1986. - 277 p. 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 259-267.

The thinning American skin -- The trials of Martin Luther King : the New York times case -- From chasing Communists to fighting Lillian Hellman : the libel suit as guerilla warfare -- Ariel Sharon v. Time magazine : the libel suit as politcal forum, international style -- "I read it in the Enquirer--Carol Burnett and Henry Kissinger!" : the Carol Burnett case -- Jackie Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Clint Eastwood, and Mohammed Ali--of public personality and private property -- From "touching" to "missing" : libel arising from fiction and docudrama -- Of Vanessa Williams and Jerry Falwell : the contributions of Penthouse to the First Amendment -- Mobil Oil meets the Washington Post : can investigative journalism ever be objective? -- Westmoreland v. CBS : litigating the symbols and lessons of Vietnam -- "I'm okay but you're sued."

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Libel and slander--Cases.--United States
Press law--Cases.--United States

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