University of Buffalo School of Law Professor Samantha Barbas discusses the roots of the U.S. Supreme Court's New York Times v. Sullivan decision which created the "actual malice" standard that a public figure must prove in a successful suit for defamation. Professor Barbas's lecture focuses on describing the origins of the New York Times v. Sullivan decision in the context of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.

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