Moldea v. New York Times, Part 6 of 19

“I’ll give you a good fight!”

            On the morning of June 22, 1990, while I was reading the Washington Post, I came across a story, "Statements of Opinion Can Be Libelous, Court Rules."  It reported a U.S. Supreme Court decision in the landmark case, Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Company.   The story's lead read:  “The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that expressions of opinion c…