Legal Opinion
Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 28, 1968No. 36542PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
This is an action for libel. The plaintiff, a citizen of Pennsylvania, was at the time of the events which gave rise to the present action a distributor of nudist magazines in a territory including Philadelphia and the surrounding area. The defendant, Metromedia, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in New York, owns and operates a radio station in Philadelphia known as WIP.
The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff of general damages in the sum of $25,000 and punitive damages in the sum of $725,000. The…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Melanie Geisler v. Orlando R. Petrocelli and Pinnacle Books, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Scott Armstrong v. George BushCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- George A. Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Chuy v. Philadelphia Eagles Football ClubDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
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