1. St. Amant v. Thompson, No. 517, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, April 4, 1968, Argued , April 29, 1968, Decided
OVERVIEW: A candidate for public office, who read a third party's defamatory statement about a public official during a televised speech, was not aware of the probable falsity of the statement, so it was not made with malice, nor was it a reckless publication.
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