The Enduring Enigma
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[gTgi Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University LMU Loyola Lav/ SchoolVolume 54 Number 4Loyola of Los Angeles Law ReviewArticle 4Fall 12-1-2021The E The Enduring EnigmaEnduring Enigma of Public Official Status in Libel LawNat SternFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/llrRecommended CitationNat Stern, The Enduring Enigma of Public Official Status in Libel Law, 54 Loy, L A. L. Rev 1205 (2021).Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.ed The Enduring EnigmaU/llr/vol54/iss4/4This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Lav/ Reviews at Digital Commons © Loyola Marymount University and LoyThe Enduring Enigma
ola Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review by an authorized administrator of Digital Commcns@Loyola Marymc[gTgi Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University LMU Loyola Lav/ SchoolVolume 54 Number 4Loyola of Los Angeles Law ReviewArticle 4Fall 12-1-2021The E The Enduring EnigmaBEL LAWA?// Stern*Under Supreme Court nomenclature, a public employee is not necessarily a "public official" as that term is used in constitutional defamation doctrine. The distinction is crucial, for only those governmental employees characterized as public officials must meet the typically insurmo The Enduring Enigmauntable burden of proving that the defendant acted with actual malice: i.e.. knowledge that the defendant’s statement about the plaintiff was false orThe Enduring Enigma
reckless disregard of whether It was false or not. For over a half-century, the Court's decision in Rosenblatt V. Baer has been the dominant authorit[gTgi Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University LMU Loyola Lav/ SchoolVolume 54 Number 4Loyola of Los Angeles Law ReviewArticle 4Fall 12-1-2021The E The Enduring Enigmaelous statement falls within the scope of the privilege. Decades of judicial experience applying these authorities, however, have left significant inconsistencies among courts, uncertainty to individual litigants, and grist for criticism that rhe range of comment on government employees subject to t The Enduring Enigmahe actual malice rule has been stretched beyond the bounds originally contemplated by the Court. Any of these developments might induce the Court to rThe Enduring Enigma
evisit and revise the doctrine governing defamation of public employees.* John w. and Ashley E. Frost Professor of Law, Florida State University Colle[gTgi Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University LMU Loyola Lav/ SchoolVolume 54 Number 4Loyola of Los Angeles Law ReviewArticle 4Fall 12-1-2021The E The Enduring EnigmaVIEW [Vol. 54:1205Table of ContentsIntroduction...........................................1207I.The Pervasive Equation of Public Employment andPublic Official Status...........................1208A.The Supreme Court’s Limited Guidance..........1209B.Criticism.....................................1215 The Enduring EnigmaC.Lower Courts’ Expansive Leanings..............12161. The Far-Reaching Class of Public Officials.1217II.Contradictions...............................The Enduring Enigma
......1233A.Educators.....................................1234B.Hybrid Plaintiffs.............................1241III.Public Officials AND Public Figu[gTgi Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University LMU Loyola Lav/ SchoolVolume 54 Number 4Loyola of Los Angeles Law ReviewArticle 4Fall 12-1-2021The E The Enduring Enigmaoaches: A Sliding Scale.......1256c. Rosenblatt and Normative Judicial Decision-making .. 1258Conclusion.............................................1262 The Enduring Enigma[gTgi Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University LMU Loyola Lav/ SchoolVolume 54 Number 4Loyola of Los Angeles Law ReviewArticle 4Fall 12-1-2021The EGọi ngay
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