Legal Opinion
State v. Cox
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 8, 1964No. 47018PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
Defendant-appellant B. Elton Cox, charged in a bill of information bearing No. 44,287 on the docket of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge with the crime of defamation denounced by R.S. 14:47, was tried, convicted, and sentenced by the court to be confined in the parish jail for one year, to pay a fine of $3000.00, and in default of payment of the fine to be confined in the parish jail for an additional year. 1
The bill of information charges that the accused violated R.S. 14:47 in that he “did maliciously publish and express to parties…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Coleman v. MacLennanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1924
- State v. TateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. HeldtCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- People v. Superior Court (Greer)California Supreme Court · 1977
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- People v. VasquezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2006
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