Legal Opinion
McGovern v. Martz
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 30, 1960No. 2114-58PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.
This case is before the Court on plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings or summary judgment with respect to defendants’ counterclaims, and defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings or summary judgment.
Plaintiff, a member of the House of Representatives, has brought suit against the defendants for libel resulting from their publication of a weekly newsletter entitled “The Lowdown on Farm Affairs from Washington” (Volume 5, Number 27, dated August 1, 1958). The gravamen of the complaint is that the newsletter falsely stated that the plaintiff had a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Tenney v. BrandhoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Gregoire v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Kilbourn v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- White v. NichollsSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Murray W. Miller, Cross-Appellee v. Transamerican Press, Inc., Cross-Appellants, and Sam Steiger, Deponent, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- United States v. DoeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- RodríguezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1999
- Judd Gregg, U.S. Congressman v. William J. Barrett, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Acting Public PrinterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Costanzo v. GaulOhio Supreme Court · 1980
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