reckless disregard
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 390 U.S. 727 - St. Amant v. Thompson · 1968Most cited · 3,837 citing opinions
reckless conduct is not measured by whether a reasonably prudent man would have published, or would have investigated before publishing. There must be sufficient evidence to permit the conclusion that the defendant in fact entertained serious doubts as to the truth of his publication. Publishing with such doubts shows reckless disregard for truth or falsity and demonstrates actual malice.
How often courts cite the case defining “reckless disregard”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “reckless disregard” — 3,825 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.