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RANSOPHER v. CHAPMAN

No. 90-59.

791 S.W.2d 686 (1990)

302 Ark. 480

John RANSOPHER, Appellant, v. Norman CHAPMAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Jones, Jr., Conway, for appellant.

Dan Stripling, Clinton, for appellee.

NEWBERN, Justice.

This is a defamation case. We have no public figure plaintiff, no "media" defendant, and no matter of "public concern," thus we will be able, for the most part, to avoid the First Amendment quagmire exemplified in New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964); Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 94 S.Ct. 2997, 41 L.Ed.2d 789 (1974...

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