Michigan Compiled Laws — ACTIONS AGAINST BROADCASTING STATIONS FOR DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS (Act 221 of 1951)

Michigan · statute · 221 of 1951, Mich. Comp. Laws · 2 active provisions

Actions for damages against owners, operators or licensees of radio broadcasting stations for defamatory statements.

The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast, by one…

MichiganACTIONS AGAINST BROADCASTING STATIONS FOR DEFAMATORY STATEMENTSeffective

Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.332

Defamatory statement by or on behalf of candidate for public office; liability.

The owner, licensee or operator, or the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator of such a station or network of stations, shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement uttered over the facilities of such station or network by or on behalf of any candidate for public office where s…

MichiganACTIONS AGAINST BROADCASTING STATIONS FOR DEFAMATORY STATEMENTSeffective

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