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Gleason, Timothy W. – 1987
The establishment of First Amendment protection for statements of opinion has extended the category of protected expression, but judicially created tests for distinguishing fact from opinion provide limited guidance for judges and place little constraint on judicial interpretation of language. In writing the Supreme Court's majority opinion in…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Constitutional Law, Court Judges, Court Litigation
