Washington Post Co. v. Chaloner
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion. cited the following in support of the contention that the words are actionable per se: Washington Times v. Downey, 26 App. D. C. 258; Taylor v. Casey, 1 Minor (Ala.), 258; Culmer v. Canby, 101 Fed. Rep. 195; Raymond v. United States, 25 App. D. C. 555; Herrick v. Tribune Co., 108 Ill.
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CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion. cited the following in support of the contention that the words are actionable per se: Washington Times v. Downey, 26 App. D. C. 258; Taylor v. Casey, 1 Minor (Ala.), 258; Culmer v. Canby, 101 Fed. Rep. 195; Raymond v. United States, 25 App. D. C. 555; Herrick v. Tribune Co., 108 Ill. App. 244; Atwill v. Mackintosh, 120 Massachusetts, 177; Williams v. Fuller, 68 Nebraska, 362; Morse v. Times Republican Printing Co., 124 Iowa, 707; Weeks v. News Publishing Co., 117 Maryland, 126; Woolworth v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Saturday, April 3, 1909, The Washington Post, a daily newspaper of wide circulation published by petitioner, contained the following item:
“John Armstrong Chaloner, (Chanler), brother of Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, of New York, and former husband of Amelie Rives, the authoress, now Princess Troubetskoy, is recuperating at Shadeland, the country home of Maj. Thomas L. Emry, near Weldon, N. C., where he had gone to recuperate following a nervous breakdown as a result of the tragedy at his home, Merry Mills, near Cobham, on March 15, when he shot and killed John Gillard, while the latter was…
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