Cherneskey v Armadale Publishers Ltd
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cherneskey-v-armadale-publishers-ltd-201-3241793
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Cherneskey v Armadale Publishers Ltd
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Cherneskey v Armadale Publishers Ltd, [1979] 1 SCR 1067 is a leading decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on the use of a defence of fair comment against an action for libel. An action for libel was brought by a Morris Cherneskey, an alderman for Saskatoon City Council, against the local Star-Phoenix newspaper for publishing a letter written by two law students criticizing Cherneskey for supporting the creation of an Alcoholic Rehabilitation Centre in a residential section of Saskatoon. In a
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Supreme Court of Canada case
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