The facts if the case is that plaintiff who is one of the three Montgomery Commissioners of Alabama who claimed of being defamed in the New York Times. The advertisement said that there terror that was directed at the people who were involved in the civil rights movement. Though the plaintiff name did not appear in the advertisement, he claims that it indirectly referred to him as he was responsible for the police. According to the defendant, it did not find the reason to believe the contents of the advertisement as false that is why it authorized publication. The jury found the advertisement actionable without being any proof of malice and gave the plaintiff $500,000 in damages through the defendant appealed. This case is similar to the case of BabaWawa and the couple in that they are both tort cases under defamation and the plaintiff in both cases claims to be defamed. The difference in the cases is that the case of New
