Legal Opinion
Whitmore v. Kansas City Star Company
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 23, 1973No. KCD 26089PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, Judge.
Elmer E. Whitmore, Jr.’s action against The Kansas City Star Company is predicated on libel per se. The purported malediction was contained in an article published on July 29, 1967, in the “Times Edition” of The Kansas City Star Company.
Whitmore was employed by the Jackson County Juvenile Court as a Deputy Juvenile Officer in the Foster Home Department. Homer Ontman, who also figured prominently in the article, was likewise an employee of the Jackson County Juvenile Court, although working in a different department. The “backdrop” for the complained of article was a series…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- De Jonge v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Warner v. Kansas City Star Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- White v. American Postal Workers Union, St. LouisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
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