HUTCHINSON V. PROXMIRE
443 U.S. 111 (1979)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over immunity.
FACTS: Proxmire (D) and his assistant decided to award Hutchinson (P) the 'Golden Fleece
Award.' P sued D for defamation. Before the award was published and sent to 275 members of
the news media worldwide, D's aid called P and P protested the award and the inaccurate and
incomplete summary of his research. D also referred to his characterization of P's monkey
research in a newsletter sent to 100,000 other people on a mailing list including
constituents in Wisconsin. D referred to the research on news shows. P filed suit in federal
court for the defamation and interference in contractual relationships with the agencies
that had sponsored P's work. The Court of Appeals held that the Speech or Debate Clauses
protected the statements made in the press release and in the newsletter but the follow up
calls and statements made on television and radio were not so protected. The Court of
Appeals then determined that those follow up comments were protected by the First Amendment.
P appealed.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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