Legal Opinion

Chagnon v. Union-Leader Corp.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided October 27, 1961No. 4932PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLampron, J.

Defendant maintains that (1) plaintiff failed to establish or sustain his case; (2) it established a complete defense to the action; (3) the Trial Court admitted certain incompetent evidence; (4) a mistrial should have been ordered because the foreman of the jury was not indifferent; (5) the Trial Court erred in its instructions to the jury relative to cheating and malice; (6) the verdict was against the law and the evidence and was grossly excessive.

The first promotional advance notice of an article concerning the plaintiff appeared in the Union-Leader on July 3, 1954. The article published…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Emde v. San Joaquin County Central Labor CouncilCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Hoeppner v. Dunkirk Printing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
  3. Mattox v. News Syndicate Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
  4. Proto v. Bridgeport Herald CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
  5. Erick Bowman Remedy Co. v. Jensen Salsbery Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Jeffrey Kassel v. Gannett Co., Inc., D/B/A "Usa Today,"Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  3. Duchesnaye v. Munro Entersprises, Inc.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1984
  4. Lassonde v. StantonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2008
  5. Vratsenes v. N. H. Auto, Inc.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1972

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