7.3.4 Public Figure|Matter of Public Concern.

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

7.3.4 Public Figure/Matter of Public Concern.

Interpreting the New York Times “actual malice” rule, the Arizona Supreme Court has imposed a heightened fault requirement. The court observed: “The disregard must be more than ‘reckless’ ¾ conscious disregard would be a better description of the test.”²⁸

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Notes:

^[28] Dombey, 150 Ariz. at 487, 724 P.2d at 573 (emphasis in original).

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