Public figures "have voluntarily exposed themselves to increased risk of injury from defamatory falsehood" and boast increased access to media to "counteract false statements." ...

Curtis Pub. Co. v. Butts (1967) … held that the head football coach at the University of Georgia (who was privately paid and not a public employee) was a "public figure" in a defamation case ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court recently decided that a high school football coach was not a public official or a public figure for purposes of a defamation claim. The decision meant the coach ...

Americans once demanded a lot less of their national public figures than they do now. In the frontier days, a politician often proved himself by demonstrating his capacity for drink, women and duels.

A public figure may have provided something in the present or the past, sparking memories, thoughts, and feelings connected ...

Is each one of them a public figure? Not exactly. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, ...

In other words, activism has turned some student protesters into a subject-matter public figure instead of a private person, according to American University journalism professor John Watson. “The ...

John La Farge. Study for Trinity Church: Jeremiah. A few such nagging questions and startling moments of disconnection await the viewer of “ The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, ...