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Libel-Hunt

United States of America · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1981–1985Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1981

Everette Howard Hunt1981

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Hunt is awarded $650,000 in a libel lawsuit against Liberty Lobby, after it published an article by Victor Marchetti in its newspaper The Spotlight accusing Hunt of involvement in the conspiracy to kill John F. Kennedy

1985

Everette Howard Hunt1985

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Mark Lane, author of the best-selling "Rush to Judgment," successfully defends Liberty Lobby in a second trial in 1985, overturning the original libel award of 1981

Mark Lane1985

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Mark Lane, author of the best-selling "Rush to Judgment," successfully defends Liberty Lobby in a second trial in 1985, overturning the original libel award of 1981

Names involved

Everette Howard HuntMark Lane

Provenance

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