Legal Opinion
Paducah Newspapers, Inc. v. Bratcher
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided November 30, 1937PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Clay
Reversing.
The appeal is from a $5,000 judgment for libel.
Appellee, A. S. Bratcher, was an instructor in the ■Commerce Department of Murray State Teachers College. He had with him two small children by a former wife from whom he had been divorced. She was living in the state of Georgia. On September 7, 1935, he brought suit in the Calloway circuit court against his wife, and asked that he be given the permanent care, custody, and control of the two children. By proper affidavit a warning order was asked and made. On November 11, 1935, Martha Bratcher filed in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cowley v. PulsiferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Campbell v. New York Evening Post, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Park v. Detroit Free Press Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1888
- Parsons v. Age-Herald Pub. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Lundin v. Post Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Sanford v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Hurley v. Northwest Publications, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1967
- Salzano v. North Jersey Media Group Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2010
- Handelsman v. San Francisco ChronicleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
- The American District Telegraph Company, an Alabama Corporation v. Brink's Incorporated, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
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