Absolute Defense - Judgment Search Results

Standard Oil Co. Vs. Ftc

Court: US Supreme Court

..... buyer s competitors the court then decides that good faith in meeting competition was an absolute defense for price discrimination saying on the other hand the proviso is readily understandable as ..... here have treated the meeting competition clause of the robinson patman act as being an absolute defense not merely a rebuttal of the discrimination charge requiring further finding by the commission .....

Curtis Pub. Co. Vs. Butts

Court: US Supreme Court

..... of valid personal interests truth has become an absolute defense in almost all cases footnote 17 and privileges designed ..... such free and general discussion of public matters as seems absolutely essential 2 cooley constitutional limitations 886 8th ed our ..... one pertaining to reports of judicial proceedings are recognized as absolute others such as the fair comment privilege are recognized only .....

Barr Vs. Matteo

Court: US Supreme Court

..... to the matter it would be indeed monstrous to grant the absolute defense and preclude all examination of the matter at the suit ..... this were so under my approach could there possibly be an absolute defense see farmers educational cooperative union v wday inc ante pp ..... by these standards we hold that petitioner s plea of absolute privilege in defense of the alleged libel published at his direction must .....

United States Vs. United States Gypsum Co.

Court: US Supreme Court

..... acts and sought to effect a partial accommodation by construing 2 b to provide an absolute defense to liability for price discrimination we need not now reconcile in its entirety the economic ..... pragmatic not technical or doctrinaire concept rigid rules and inflexible absolutes are especially inappropriate in dealing with the 2 b defense the facts and circumstances of the particular case not abstract .....

Cox Broadcasting Corp. Vs. Cohn

Court: US Supreme Court

..... statements of fact in such actions however the state also recognized that truth was an absolute defense against liability for publication of reports concerning newsworthy people or events id at 385 ..... made criminally or civilly liable for publishing information that is neither false nor misleading but absolutely accurate however damaging it may be to reputation or individual sensibilities it is true .....

Khushwant Singh and anr. Vs. Maneka Gandhi

Court: Delhi

Reported in: AIR2002Delhi58

..... it was contended that justification or claim of truth was an absolute defense and there was no right of privacy available to individual ..... of the constitution of india cannot be taken to mean absolute freedom to say or write whatever a person chooses recklessly ..... have long understood the natural limitations and the evils of absolute unabridged freedom of speech and expression though the 1st and .....

Perma Life Mufflers Vs. Int'l Parts Corp.

Court: US Supreme Court

..... illegal action on the part of the plaintiffs should not afford an absolute defense footnote 2 5 it is by no means clear on this ..... of appeals has held here or at the other extreme is absolutely free to recover any damages that he can show to stem ..... but because they had failed to answer interrogatories pertinent to this defense the district judge ordered it stricken without prejudice to renewal if .....

Johnson Vs. Mayor of Baltimore

Court: US Supreme Court

..... required to cease work at age 55 does not provide an absolute defense to an adea action challenging state and local age limits for ..... required to cease work at age 55 does not provide an absolute defense to an adea action challenging state and local age limits for ..... the federal retirement provision at issue in this case provides an absolute defense in an adea action we remand to the court of appeals .....

Exxon Corp. Vs. Governor of Maryland

Court: US Supreme Court

..... section 2 of the original clayton act 38 stat 730 established an absolute defense for a seller s reductions in price made in good faith ..... on the wisdom of the statute but it is by now absolutely clear that the due process clause does not empower the judiciary ..... that 2 b created a substantive rather than merely a procedural defense the court explained the heart of our national economic policy long .....

R. Rajagopal @ R.R. Gopal @ Nakkheeran Gopal and A. Kamaraj Vs. J. Jay ...

Court: Chennai

Reported in: AIR2006Mad312; 2006(3)KLT147; (2006)2MLJ689

..... also contended that the justification or claim of truth is an absolute defense and there is no right of privacy available to an individual ..... not only in favour of the respondents but it is also absolutely necessary to prevent such false publications which tend to bring ..... a fundamental right we do not think that the right is absolute the supreme court thereafter proceeded to refer to various decisions .....