1. Common Law
... because "her parents were alcoholics; she had done a lot of high-profile anti-alcohol campaigns (Beam, p.3)." Renowned Las Vegas showman Wayne Newton decided to sue NBC News after the company linked him to organized crime. The NBC correspondent reported that Newton used money earned from organized crime to buy a hotel in Las Vegas (Brown, p.30). Richard Jewell, former Olympic security guard, sued ... ruled that in this case Gertz was a private citizen (Pember, p. 167-168). The Gertz ruling set the standard for an all-purpose public figure. This is what happened when Wayne Newton took NB...
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