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BANK OF OREGON v. INDEPENDENT NEWS

TC A7908-03679; CA A24067; SC S30174.

693 P.2d 35 (1985)

298 Or. 434

BANK OF OREGON, a Corporation, and Homer G. Wadsworth, Respondents On Review, v. INDEPENDENT NEWS, Inc., a Corporation, Ronald A. Buel, and Richard H. Meeker, Petitioners On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided January 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Smith, Eugene, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioners on review. With him on the brief were Cass, Scott, Woods & Smith and Roger M. Saydack, Eugene.

Bernard Jolles, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for respondents on review. With him on the brief was Jolles, Sokol & Bernstein, P.C., Portland.

Charles F. Hinkle, Portland, filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of ACLU of Oregon, Inc.

Ernest Bonyhadi and Charles F. Hinkle, Portland, filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of Statesman-Journal Co. for Stoel, Rives, Boley, Fraser & Wyse, Portland, and Clark, Marsh Lindauer, McClinton & Vollmar, Salem.

Charles F. Hinkle, Portland, filed an amicus curiae brief for Dow Jones & Co., Inc. With him on the brief were Ernest Bonyhadi and Stoel, Rives, Boley, Fraser & Wyse, Portland, Robert D. Sack, Robert P. LoBue and Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City.

Jack L. Orchard, Portland, filed an amicus curiae brief for Oregon Newspaper Publishers' Ass'n. With him on the brief was Ball, Janik & Novack, Portland.

Before PETERSON, C.J., and LENT, CAMPBELL, ROBERTS, CARSON and JONES, JJ.

CAMPBELL, Justice.

The issue on review is the standard of culpability that these plaintiffs must prove in order for a court or jury to hold media defendants liable for defamation.

Plaintiffs Bank of Oregon and Wadsworth, its president, brought this libel action against defendants Independent News, Inc., publisher of the "Willamette Week," and Buel and Meeker, two reporters for the newspaper. Plaintiffs pleaded that defendants wrote and published an article...

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