Legal Opinion
Finkel v. Sun-Tattler Co.
Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward County
Decided June 3, 1976No. 75-1164Published
1Opinion of the Court
VICTOR O. WEHLE, Circuit Judge.
On August 27, 1975 this court denied a motion for summary judgment prior to the time that plaintiff’s deposition had been taken. After deposing plaintiff at length on February 6, 1976, defendants now renew their motion for summary judgment.
Plaintiff Finkel, a Broward County attorney, sues the newspaper, its publisher, editors, and reporter, for alleged libel per se because it published the following article on December 2, 1974 —
FINKEL FACES PERJURY SUIT
HALLANDALE —1 A “suggestion of perjury or gross mistake” has been filed in á lawsuit in Broward Circuit Court…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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