Columbia City Paper

The resulting suit West v. Morehead went all the way to the South Carolina Supreme Court and presented an interesting freedom of the press challenge. The end result was that the larger punitive damage amount of $30,000 awarded in lower courts was dropped but that the Columbia City Paper would still be on the hook for $10,000 in actual damages to the plaintiff.

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The resulting suit West v. Morehead went all the way to the South Carolina Supreme Court and presented an interesting freedom of the press challenge. The end result was that the larger punitive damage amount of $30,000 awarded in lower courts was dropped but that the Columbia City Paper would still be on the hook for $10,000 in actual damages to the plaintiff.

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