Legal Opinion
Curtis Publishing Company v. Harry H. Vaughan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 31, 1960No. 15201_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DANAHER, Circuit Judge.
Curtis Publishing Company appeals from a judgment entered in a libel action *25■after a jury awarded the appellee compensatory damages in the sum of $10,-000. Vaughan’s complaint had charged that appellant had libeled him in the November 3, 1956 issue of its weekly magazine “The Saturday Evening Post.”1
We are concerned solely with appellant’s claims that the District Court •erred in failing to direct a verdict in its favor on any of three grounds, viz.: the allegedly defamatory matter was not libelous per se and no special damages had been pleaded or proved; (2) the matter…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Washington Post Co. v. ChalonerSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Washington Times Co. v. BonnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
- Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Sweeney v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Afro-American Publishing Co., Inc. v. Eli Jaffe, T/a Douglas PharmacyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Phillips v. Evening Star Newspaper Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Merle W. Dameron v. Washington Magazine, Inc. Merle W. Dameron v. Washington Magazine, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- William C. McBride v. Merrell Dow and Pharmaceuticals Inc., an Ohio CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Harold R. Olinger v. American Savings and Loan AssociationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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