Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Janklow v. Newsweek, Inc.

Janklow v. Newsweek, Inc., 479 U.S. 883 (1986)

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.