Case Detail
A police officer sued the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan for defamation because it published a press release and public letter arguing that he may have engaged in illegal jury tampering. The ACLU of Michigan based that letter and press release on a court transcript — which are almost universally accurate — that had a typo in it. Unfortunately, that typo made it seem like the police officer may have engaged in jury tampering, which he didn’t.