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From: Bill Wolf2/14/2022 4:20:45 PM
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Judge Plans to Dismiss Sarah Palin’s Lawsuit Against The Times

The jury will continue to deliberate. The judge indicated that he believed an appeal was likely and said that the appeals court “would greatly benefit from knowing how the jury would decide” the case.

by Jeremy W. Peters

Feb. 14, 2022Updated 4:07 p.m. ET

A federal judge said Monday he planned to dismiss Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, saying that her legal team had failed to prove that the newspaper acted with actual malice when it published a 2017 editorial erroneously linking her to a mass shooting.

The unexpected decision by the judge, Jed S. Rakoff, came during the second day of jury deliberations in the case. He said he would allow the jury to continue working and that if they ruled in favor of Ms. Palin he would dismiss the case. He indicated that he believed an appeal by Ms. Palin was likely, and he said that the appeals court “would greatly benefit from knowing how the jury would decide” the case.

The case has been viewed a major test for the First Amendment — rarely do libel suits reach the trial phase — with the potential for far-reaching ramifications for the longstanding precedent that gives journalists legal breathing room to make mistakes without fear of legal punishment.

nytimes.com

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