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ST. AMANT v. THOMPSON

No. 517.

390 U.S. 727 (1968)

ST. AMANT v. THOMPSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell J. Schonekas argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Robert L. Kleinpeter argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented by this case is whether the Louisiana Supreme Court, in sustaining a judgment for damages in a public official's defamation action, correctly interpreted and applied the rule of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), that the plaintiff in such an action must prove that the defamatory publication "was made with `actual malice'—...

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