Martin v. Hearst Corp.
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 39.778231903243785
Longitude: -100.8801256788983
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- United States
- Decision Date
- Jan 28, 2015
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Dismissed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Access Restriction/Content Regulation/Information Control
- Sanctions (Imprisonment and/or Fine)
- Keywords
- Defamation
- Freedom of Press
- Libel
- Judicial Body
- Appellate Court
- Case Number
- 777 F.3d 546
- Case Summary
Connecticut’s Criminal Records Erasure Statute (Erasure Statute) does not render historically accurate news accounts of an arrest tortious or defamatory on the grounds that the charges were later nolled and the record of the arrest was erased.
- Case Significance
The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Source URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
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