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Revised Statutes
TITLE 45 — Public utilities and carriers
RS 45:1454 — Defamation; burden of proof
LA Rev Stat § 45:1454 What's This?
§1454. Defamation; burden of proof
If the privilege granted herein is claimed and if, in a suit for damages for defamation, a legal defense of good faith has been asserted by a reporter or by a news media with respect to an issue upon which the reporter alleges to have obtained information from a confidential source, the burden of proof shall be on the reporter or news media to sustain this defense.
Acts 1964, No. 211, §4.
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