His privilege of `fair comment'for expressions of opinion depends on the truth of the facts upon which the comment is based.

—their fitness for office or their fidelity to the public service, or their propriety of their official acts, are not properly matters of public interest;(2) that the privilege does not attach at all until the report has been duly published by the grand jury itself in open court'and (31 that matters, the publication of which is forbidden by law, or by order of the'court as being improper for …

—holding newspaper not libel for "fair and accurate" report, "published in good faith to inform the public... though the report [may] contain matter that is false, defamatory, and injurious

"*** `They (grand jurors) are neither required nor authorized by any statute to report the result of such investigations (sections 4497 and 4519, Code) when they fail to find any impeachable fault or offense; and when they report and criticize any misconduct, real or fancied, of lesser grade, it cannot be for the purpose of invoking any judicial action, and is in fact no part of

Where a judicial tribunal proceeds without jurisdiction, its acts are extra-judicial, and a report of the proceedings is not privileged.

—declaring that in an action of libel based upon gen-that the privilege is limited to comment or eral statements that he had supported meas-criticism, which must be with reference to ures opposed to the moral interests of the admitted or proved facts or conduct, and community, without specifying them, it is must not go beyond the expression of a no defense to set up in the …

Whether the libel complained of may fall within this rule of privilege is a question of law for the court,'etc.

El privilegio de “comentario justo” a favor del demandado por expresiones de opinión, depende de la veracidad de los hechos sobre los que se basa el comentario

I note that numerous jurisdictions that have considered the issue at bar have drawn a more appropriate balance, holding either that the fair report privilege does not extend to a report based on the contents of a complaint, or that the fair report privilege may be defeated by a showing of malice.

[CITATION] Fundamental rights in the new constitution: an overview of the new …

[CITATION] The Fair Report Privilege

[CITATION] Petitioners, v. LB Sullivan'

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