March 2024
Calling Someone Racist Not Defamatory
“If Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder, Ugliness Is Too.”
PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter March 2024
TOPICS : Defamation, First Amendment
In affirming dismissal, the Court of Appeals held that the characterization of a particular statement as “racial” or “racist” constitutes non-actionable opinion protected by the First Amendment.
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