US Supreme Court turns away casino mogul Wynn's bid to challenge NY Times v. Sullivan defamation rule
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a bid by casino mogul Steve Wynn to roll back defamation protections established in its landmark 1964 ruling in the case New York Times v. Sullivan — a standard that has been questioned by President Donald Trump and two of its own conservative justices.
The justices declined to hear an appeal by Wynn, former CEO of Wynn Resorts, of a decision by Nevada’s top court to dismiss his defamation suit against the Associated Press and one of its journalists under a state law meant to safeguard the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment protections for freedom of speech.
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