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ÄÉËÎÕ ÉÑÖ×ÐÉÑ¾Õ ÁÆÎÐÎÀÑŠؼÒÈÁ ÄÈÎѽÎ× ÅÍÄÉÁÆ»ÐÎÍÒÎÕ.
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ØÎÍÒÁÕ ¾ÒÉ ÅÍÁ¾ËÅÉÒÁÉ ÑÒÉÕ ÎÌÉÒŽÅÕ ÍÁ ËÁÓÎнÑÎ×Í ÒÎ ÂÁÓ¾ ÌÈ»ÌÅÉÁÕ Î×
ÁÁÉÒŽÒÁÉ ÑÒÉÕ ÅÐÉÒÏÑÅÉÕ Î× Î ÓÉǾÅÍÎÕ Å½ÍÁÉ ÉÄÉÏÒÈÕ, ĽÖÔÕ ÍÁ ÄÉÁËнÍÅÉ
ÅÒÁÊÀ Ó»ÁÒÎÕ ÄÈÎѽÎ× ËÁÉ È ÅÍÄÉÁÆ»ÐÎÍÒÎÕ, ×ÎÍÎÎÀÑÅ ¾ÒÉ ËÓÅ Ä×ÑÆÈ-
ÉÑÒÉË¾Õ ÉÑÖ×ÐÉÑ¾Õ ÐÎÑÒÁÒÅÀÅÒÁÉ Á¾ ÒÈÍ ÐÏÒÈ ±ÐÎÎνÈÑÈ.
343
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ËÐÉÑÈ ÑÒÈÍ ÎνÁ ÐλÂÈ ÓÅÅÌÉÔ;ÒÁÍ ÑÒÈÍ ÉÄɾÒÈÒÁ ÒÎ× ÓÉÇλÍÎ× ËÁÉ ÒÁ
ËÁÒÏÒÅÐÁ ÄÉËÁÑÒ¼ÐÉÁ ÂÁѽØÎÍÒÁÍ ÑÒÈÍ Gertz ÐÎËÅÉ»ÍÎ× ÍÁ ÅÆÁоÑÎ×Í ÒÎ×Õ
ÅÐÉÎÐÉÑÎÀÕ ÒÈÕ ÐÏÒÈÕ ±ÐÎÎνÈÑÈÕ ÑÅ ¾ÌÅÕ ÒÉÕ ×ÎÓ»ÑÅÉÕ Î× Î ÓÉǾÅÍÎÕ
¼ÒÁÍ ÉÄÉÏÒÈÕ, ÁÍÅÊÁÐÒ¼ÒÔÕ ÒÈÕ ÆÀÑÈÕ ÒÎ× ÐÎÑÂÁÌ̾ÅÍÎ× Ì¾ÇÎ×. ×ÍÅÏÕ,
È Dun & Bradstreet ŽÔÑÅ ÒÈÍ ÁÐÅÖ¾ÅÍÈ ÑÒÎ×Õ ÅÍÁÇλÍÎ×Õ Ñ×ÍÒÁÇÁÒÉ˼
ÐÎÑÒÁѽÁ ÑÅ ×ÎÓ»ÑÅÉÕ Ä×ÑÆ¼ÈÑÈÕ ÉÄÉÔÒÏÍ ÑÅ ÑÖ»ÑÈ Å Á×Ò¼ Î× ÁÎÌ-
ÂÁÍÁÍ ÂÑÅÉ ÒÈÕ Rosenbloom ¼ ÒÈÕ Gertz.
344
ÅÐÁÉÒ»ÐÔ, ÁоÌÎ Î× ÒÎ ¡
ÁÅÆÍÓÈ ¾ÍÎ ¾ÑÎÍ ÁÆÎÐ ÑÒÈÍ ÅÆÁÐÎǼ ÒÔÍ ËÁ;ÍÔÍ ÒÈÕ Gertz ÑÖÅÒÉË
Å ÒÈÍ ÅÉĽËÁÑÈ ×ÎÓÅÒÉËÏÍ ØÈÉÏÍ ËÁÉ ÒÈÍ ÅÉÂÎ̼ ÎÉÍÏÍ Ñ×ÍÅÒÉÑÎÀ, Å
ÒÈÍ ÅÉÑÁÇÔǼ ÒÎ× ËÐÉÒÈнÎ× ÒÎ× Ó»ÁÒÎÕ ÄÈÎѽÎ× ÅÍÄÉÁÆ»ÐÎÍÒÎÕ ËÁÉ ÒÈÍ ÔÕ
ÍÔ ÅÐÈÍŽÁ ÒÈÕ Gertz, ÐÎËÌÅÑÅ ÇÅÍÉ˾ÒÅÐÈ ÑÀÇÖ×ÑÈ ÑÒÁ ËÁÒÏÒÅÐÁ ÄÉËÁ-
ÑÒ¼ÐÉÁ, ÁƼÍÎÍÒÁÕ ÁÍÁÍÒÈÒÎ ÒÎ ÅÐÏÒÈÁ ÅÍ ÑÒÉÕ ×ÎÓ»ÑÅÉÕ Î× Î ÓÉǾÅ-
ÍÎÕ Å½ÍÁÉ ÉÄÉÏÒÈÕ ËÁÉ ÒÎ ËÐÉÓ»Í Ø¼ÒÈÁ ÉÄÉÔÒÉËÎÀ ÅÍÄÉÁÆ»ÐÎÍÒÎÕ ÁлÖÅÒÁÉ ÅÍ
Ç»ÍÅÉ Ñ×ÍÒÁÇÁÒÉ˼ ÐÎÑÒÁѽÁ ÑÒÎ×Õ Ä×ÑÆÈÉÑÒÉËÎÀÕ ÉÑÖ×ÐÉÑÎÀÕ.
345
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342. ¥ ÔÕ ÍÔ ÁÍÒ½ÆÁÑÈ ÅÉÑÈÍÓÈËÅ ËÁÉ Á¾ ÒÎÍ ÉËÁÑÒ¼ White, Î ÎνÎÕ ÑׯÏÍÈÑÅ
Å ÒÎ ÄÉÁÒÁËÒÉ˾ ÒÈÕ Á¾ÆÁÑÈÕ ÑÒÈÍ ×¾ÓÅÑÈ Dun & Bradstreet ÂÑÅÉ ¾ÔÕ ÄÉÁÆÎÐÅ-
ÒÉËÎÀ ÑËÅÒÉËÎÀ («I had thought that the decision in Gertz was intended to reach cases
that involve any false statements of fact injurious to reputation...whether or not [the
statement] implicates a matter of public importance», 472 U.S. 749, 772), ËÁÓÏÕ ËÁÉ
ÑÒÈ ÄÉÁÆÔÍÎÀÑÁ ÎÃÈ ÒÎ× ÉËÁÑÒ¼ Brennan («One searches Gertz in vain for a single
words to support the proposition that limits on presumed and punitive damages ob-
tained onlywhen speech involvedmatters of public concern. Gertz could not have been
grounded in such a premise. Distrust of placing in the courts the power to decide what
speech was of public concern was precisely the rationale Gertz offered for rejecting the
Rosenbloomplurality approach», 472U.S. 749, 786n. 11).
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ÒÈÍ Rosenbloom, ¾Î× ÒÎ ËÐÉÒ¼ÐÉÎ ÒÎ× Ó»ÁÒÎÕ ÄÈÎѽÎ× ÅÍÄÉÁÆ»ÐÎÍÒÎÕ ÖÐÈÑÉÎÎÉ-
¼ÓÈËÅ ÐÎËÅÉ»ÍÎ× ÍÁ ÅÅËÒÁÓŽ È Ñ×ÍÒÁÇÁÒÉ˼ ÐÎÑÒÁѽÁ ÂÑÅÉ ÒÈÕ ÅÆÁÐÎÇ¼Õ ÒÎ×
ËÁ;ÍÁ ÒÎ× ÐÁÇÁÒÉËÎÀ ľÌÎ×, ÑÒÈ Dun & Bradstreet, ÒÎ ¡ ÖÐÈÑÉÎνÈÑÅ ÒÎ ÅÍ
̾ÇÔ ËÐÉÒ¼ÐÉÎ ÐÎËÅÉ»ÍÎ× ÍÁ ÅÐÉÎнÑÅÉ ÒÎ ÅÄ½Î ÅÆÁÐÎÇ¼Õ ÒÈÕ ÁÐÅÖ¾ÅÍÈÕ Á¾
ÒÈÍ ÐÏÒÈ ±ÐÎÎνÈÑÈ ÐÎÑÒÁѽÁÕ.
345. ¢Ì. ÒÉÕ Á¾ÃÅÉÕ Î× ÄÉÁÒ×ÏÓÈËÁÍ ÑÒÈ ÓÅÔнÁ ËÁÉ ÒÈÍ ÅÆÁÐÎǼ ÒÈÕ Dun & Brad-
street Á¾ ÒÁ ËÁÒÏÒÅÐÁ ÄÉËÁÑÒ¼ÐÉÁ ÑÅ
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