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MILKOVICH v. LORAIN JOURNAL CO.

No. 89-645.

497 U.S. 1 (1990)

110 S.Ct. 2695

111 L.Ed.2d 1

MILKOVICH v. LORAIN JOURNAL CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent L. English argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was John D. Brown.

Richard D. Panza argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were William G. Wickens, David L. Herzer, Richard A. Naegele, P. Cameron DeVore, and Marshall J. Nelson.*

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent J. Theodore Diadiun authored an article in an Ohio newspaper implying that petitioner Michael Milkovich, a local high school wrestling coach, lied under oath in a judicial proceeding about an incident involving petitioner and his team which occurred at a wrestling match. Petitioner sued Diadiun and the newspaper for libel, and the Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court entry of summary judgment...

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