Legal Opinion
Thackrey v. Patterson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 28, 1946No. 9176, 9177PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
These are libel suits brought by Dorothy S. Thackrey, publisher of the New York Post, and her husband Theodore O. Thack-rey, its managing editor, against Eleanor Patterson, publisher of the Washington Times-Herald, and Austine Cassini, a Times-Herald writer. The complaints charge that the defendants published two newspaper articles which the complaints quote in full. The District Court ruled that the articles were not libelous per se and that the complaints made no sufficient allegations of special damage. The court therefore dismissed the complaints.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Peck v. Tribune Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Sydney v. MacFadden Newspaper Publishing Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Lyman v. New England Newspaper Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- O'Neill v. Star Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
3Cited by19 opinions
- John L. Brewer v. Memphis Publishing Company, Inc., Anita W. Brewer v. Memphis Publishing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Phillips v. Evening Star Newspaper Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Johnson v. Johnson Publishing Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970
- Brown v. Du FreyNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Curtis Publishing Company v. Harry H. VaughanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
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