Legal Opinion
Peay v. Curtis Pub. Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 7, 1948No. Civil Action 958 — 48PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, Justice.
This is an action for libel brought by Muriel M. Peay, against the Curtis Publishing Company, the publishers of a magazine known as “The Saturday Evening Post.” The offending material consists of an article published in The Saturday Evening Post entitled “Never Give a Passenger a Break.” Its author is joined as a co-defendant. The article is a satire on taxicab drivers in Washington, D. C. Its substance is more fully summarized in the opinion of this Court filed herewith in the companion case of Fowler v. Curtis Publishing Co., D. C., 78 F.Supp. 303.
The defendants move to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Pavesich v. New England Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Roberson v. . Rochester Folding Box Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Melvin v. ReidCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
- Sidis v. FR Pub. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crump v. Beckley Newspapers, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
- 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
- Nader v. General Motors Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1970
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