[Eugene Volokh] Louis Farrakhan Loses Lawsuit Against Anti-Defamation League

From Friday's decision by Judge Denise Cote (S.D.N.Y.) in Farrakhan v. Anti-Defamation League: The challenged statements referring to Farrakhan as antisemitic are non-actionable statements of opinion. The communications in which they were published contain "a recitation of the facts on which [they are] based"—namely, direct quotes from Farrakhan. Thus, the statements calling Farrakhan antisemitic cannot…