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Pennsylvania’s highest court said Tuesday it would not hear an appeal of a decision clearing a Clinton County newspaper of libel claims over allegedly defamatory characterizations of theft charges on which a former county commissioner was eventually acquitted. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday upheld a pretrial ruling in favor of a Clinton County, Pennsylvania, newspaper hit with claims of defaming a former county commissioner by allegedly falsely characterizing charges of theft of which he was eventually acquitted, saying there was no actual malice, just negligent reporting, at worst. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday upheld a pretrial ruling in favor of a Clinton County, Pennsylvania, newspaper hit with claims of defaming a former county commissioner by allegedly falsely characterizing charges of theft of which he was eventually acquitted, saying there was no actual malice, just negligent reporting, at worst. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))