Legal Opinion
Chesapeake Publishing Corp. v. Williams
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 24, 1995No. 136PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Chief Judge.
In this case we must determine whether the evidence presented by Petitioner David M. Williams about an allegedly libelous newspaper article was sufficient to support a defamation judgment against Respondent Chesapeake Publishing Corporation (Chesapeake).
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The defamation action arose out of an acrimonious child custody dispute between Williams and his former wife, Joan B. Turner, which began in 1978. In September, 1984, Turner obtained a temporary. custody order from the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for Gloucester County, Virginia, the court stating that it…
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- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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