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SCHIAVONE CONST. CO. v. TIME, INC.

Civ. A. No. 83-932.

646 F.Supp. 1511 (1986)

SCHIAVONE CONSTRUCTION CO. and Ronald A. Schiavone, Plaintiffs, v. TIME, INCORPORATED, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

November 6, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winne, Banta, Rizzi, Hetherington & Basralian, Hackensack, N.J., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendant.

Connell, Foley & Greiser, Roseland, N.J., for plaintiffs.

OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

This case requires the court to determine under what circumstances, if any, a public figure is entitled to recover punitive damages against a media defendant in a libel action. Because of the importance of a free press, some have urged the total abolition of punitive damages in such actions. But certainly in those cases in which a publisher has knowingly reported false information for the specific purpose of injuring someone...

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