Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Janklow v. Newsweek, Inc.

479 U.S. 883

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1986-10-14
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that Congress intended the § 7201 offense to be an offense separate from the misdemeanors in the Code, so § 7201 is a separate offense from both § 7203 offenses and § 7205 offenses
  • concluding that Minnesota would recognize defamation by implication
  • "even an argument by counsel that the plaintiff in a tort suit will receive worker's compensation is so prejudicial as to warrant a new trial"
  • “[W]e choose here to adopt the four factors suggested in Judge Starr’s scholarly opinion [in Oilman ], and to expand them, for reasons we will explain, to include elements of the concurrence by Judge Bork.”
  • "[W]e choose here to adopt the four factors suggested in Judge Starr's scholarly opinion [in Ollman ], and to expand them, for reasons we will explain, to include elements of the concurrence by Judge Bork."
  • reaching this conclusion from examination of legislative history

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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.