Legal Opinion
Time, Inc. v. Frank Ragano
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1970No. 28490_1PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
Time, Inc., the defendant in this libel suit, was granted leave to take this interlocutory appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1292(b) from an order of the District Court denying its motion for summary judgment. We affirm and send the case back for trial.
The basis of the alleged defamation is an article and accompanying picture which appeared in the “People” section of the October 7, 1966, issue of Time Magazine. The picture showed seven men seated at a table in La Stella’s Restaurant in Queens, New York. The article referred to the gathering as a meeting of thirteen “top…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Barbara R. Gross v. Southern Railway Company, Nancy Ruth Canipelli v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Bon Air Hotel, Inc. v. Time, Inc. And Dan JenkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by54 opinions
- United States v. StanleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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- Medico, Philip T. v. Time, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Feminist Women's Health Center, Inc., a Florida Non-Profit Corporation, Cross-Appellee v. Mahmood Mohammad, M. D., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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