Legal Opinion
Stevens v. Sun Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided January 18, 1978No. 20584PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ness, Justice:
This appeal is from a jury verdict of $50,000.00 actual damages rendered in a libel suit instituted by respondent James P. Stevens against appellant, The Sun Publishing' Company. We affirm.
Respondent Stevens served as State senator for Horry County from 1955 to 1976. The Sun Publishing Company •owns and publishes two newspapers, The Field and Herald and The Sun News, in which the allegedly libelous articles appeared.
Stevens was one of seven stockholders of Sandy Island Corporation which purchased approximately 4,000 acres of Sandy Island in Georgetown County in 1964. Among the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. LipscombSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Willis v. Floyd Brace Co., Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1983
- Stevens v. Sun NewsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
- Boone v. Sunbelt Newspapers, Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001
- West v. Thomson NewspapersCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1992
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