Marchiondo v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT The above motions having come on for hearing, the Court having heard the arguments of counsel, having considered all matters of record, and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, Finds: 2.Editorial — Our Choice — Joe Skeen. The Motion to Dismiss should be denied. The plaintiff has stated a claim upon which relief may be granted. 4. Article — Organized Crime showing interest in New Mexico — Photograph of plaintiff. The article together with the photograph and its positioning states a claim upon which relief may be granted. Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss should be denied. 5. Public Figure. The defendants have failed to show by clear and convincing evidence or by a preponderance of the evidence that the plaintiff is a public figure for all purposes or for limited purposes. The Court, therefore, finds as a matter of law that the plaintiff is not a public figure. 6. Actual Malice. The defendants have shown in the record a complete lack of actual malice attendant to their publication of the articles in question, and plaintiff has failed to come forward with any evidence of actual malice. The Motion for Summary Judgment on this issue should be granted. It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that: 2. The Motions to Dismiss directed to the Editorial — Our Choice — Joe Skeen and the Article — Organized Crime showing interest in New Mexico are denied. 3. As a matter of law, the plaintiff William Marchiondo is not a publi”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marchiondo v. Brown