Legal Opinion
Matassa v. Bel
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 1, 1963No. Nos. 1143, 1144PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAMUEL, Judge.
These two suits, consolidated for trial and to be decided by one judgment in the district court and consolidated for argument here, are for an alleged libel arising out of an advertisement which appeared in The Times-Picayune, a morning newspaper, and the New Orleans States-Item, an afternoon newspaper, on March 2, 1962. With the exception of the fact that one of the suits is based on the advertisement in The Times-Picayune and the other is based on the same advertisement in the New Orleans States-Item, both suits are identical in every respect.
Mr. Matassa, the plaintiff who was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Madison v. BoltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
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- Deshotel v. ThistlethwaiteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
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- Edwards v. DerrickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
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3Cited by9 opinions
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