Legal Opinion
Swafford v. Miller
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 3, 1986No. 14477PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLANIGAN, Judge.
Plaintiff Norman Swafford, a professional photographer, brought this libel action against the defendants who are the publishers of the Daily Statesman, a newspaper “of large circulation published in Stod-dard County.” Defendants filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the petition failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The trial court sustained the motion. Plaintiff appeals.
The action arises out of the following article which appeared in the Daily Statesman on May 28, 1982:
“WE’RE SORRY BERNIE
To the students, parents and friends of the Bernie graduates,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Erick Bowman Remedy Co. v. Jensen Salsbery Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Langworthy v. Pulitzer Publishing CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
- Brown v. KittermanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
- Hellesen v. Knaus Truck Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1963
- Jacobs v. Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1948
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- Capobianco v. Pulitzer Publishing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1991
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