Libel Plaintiffs - Public or Private Person Status
Recent Examples
PUBLIC OFFICIALS:
- Employee in charge of Sheriff's office motor pool (Mass. 2001)
- Corrections Officer (Dist of Columbia 2001)
- Bailiff and Chief Probation Officer (Ohio 2000)
- High School Teacher, Elstrom v. Independent Sch. District (Minn.
1995)
- Elementary School Principal, 20 MLR 1640 (VT.)
- Former County Employee w/ Financial Responsiblity, 20 MLR 2159
(Tenn.)
- Police Officer, 21 MLR 1588 (Az.)
- Federal Strike Force Attorney, 20 MLR 1649 (Az.)
- TVA Official, 20 MLR 1873 (6th)
- Athletic Director/Football Coach, 21 MLR 1746 (Tx.)
- Special-Agent-In-Charge of President Ford's Secret Service Detail,
21 MLR 1842 (D.D.C.)
- Mississippi Public Defender, 22 MLR 1413 (DC S. Miss. 1994)
- Former Deputy Sheriff, 22 MLR 2013 (Fla CirCt. 1994)
- Commissioned National Guard Officers, 22 MLR 2046 (Ga. SuperCt
1994)
- Police Lieutenant, 22 MLR 2129 (NJ SupCt 1994)
- President of State Troopers' association, 22 MLR (NY SupCt AppDiv.
1993)
NOT PUBLIC OFFICIALS:
- High School Assistant Principal (South Carolina 2001)
- High School Principal, 20 MLR 2095 (GA.)
- Deputy Public Defender, 21 MLR 1624 (CA)
- Street & Traffic Supervisor, LeDoux v. Northstar Pub., 521 N.W.
2d (Mn. 1994)
LIMITED PUBLIC FIGURES:
- Executive director of grassroots environmental organization (Texas
2001)
- Terminated newspaper reporter (Mich. 2000)
- Consultant to a local parks department (Hawaii 2001)
- Former assistant principal of high school (Ohio 2001)
- Business owner indicted on tax charges (Ohio 2001)
- Hotel manager in sexual harassment suit (Minn, 2001)*
- Engineer who promoted government construction projects (S.C.
2000)
- Engineering Firm of a candidate for city council (S.C. 2001)
- Charity seeking donations and organizer, 21 MLR 1449 (4th Cir.)
- Attorney in private practice representing several school districts,
20 MLR 1992 (NJ)
- Physician who sought media attention for practice and technique,
20 MLR 1613 (NY)
- Star Witness in Jim Garrison case who "sought limelight", 20
MLR 2113 (La.)
- Lawn Mower Repair Co., 22 MLR 1461 (NJ SuperCt. AppDiv. 1994)*
- Police Officer/Subject of Book, 22 MLR 1385 (5th Cir. 1994)*
- Paycologists/authors, 22 MLR 1852 (7th Cir. 1994)
- Convicted Murderer, 22 MLR 2239 (DC Sind. 1994)*
- Actress/Model, 22 MLR 2147 (DC E Wis. 1994) *
- Appointed tax collector who never took office, 22 MLR 2157 (Ariz
SuperCt 1994)
- Brother who "voluntarily thrust himself" into controversy surrounding
his brothers arrest, 22 MLR 1434 (Ca Ct App 1994)
*Note: It is not clear that these individuals would be limited
public figures in Oregon.
NOT PUBLIC FIGURES:
- Entertainment lawyer (California 2001)
- Managers of tribal bingo business (N.Y. 2001)
- Attorney frequently involved in high profile cases (Ohio 2001)
- Host of a loud party, 21 MLR 1378 (Pa.)
- Woman at home where MLK had dinner night before shot who was
alledged to have had extramarital affair with King, 21 MLR 1353
(S.D.N.Y)
- Person accused of of sexual misconduct, 22 MLR 2353 (4th Cir.
1994)
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