Legal Opinion
Bernstein v. National Broadcasting Company
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 17, 1955No. Civ. A. 3517-52, 5663-52PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEECH, District Judge.
This case is before the court on the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in two consolidated actions for invasion of privacy.
Both actions arise from the same undisputed facts. In 1919 plaintiff, Charles S. Bernstein, was convicted of bank robbery in Minnesota and sentenced to imprisonment for forty years. After serving nine years, he was paroled and pardoned. In 1933 in the- District of Columbia, plaintiff, under the name Charles Harris, was tried and convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death by electrocution. In 1934 the conviction was affirmed, Harris…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- McDonald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Trupiano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by50 opinions
- United States v. HubbardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Afro-American Publishing Co., Inc. v. Eli Jaffe, T/a Douglas PharmacyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Vassiliades v. Garfinckel's, Brooks Bros.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- McCormack v. Oklahoma Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson v. Thomas J. DoddCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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