Legal Opinion
Bostic v. True Detective Magazine Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 10, 1973No. 72 Civ. 2646PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LASKER, District Judge.
James Herman Bostic brought this suit against True Detective Magazine seeking damages for libel. Both parties have moved for summary judgment. The facts are undisputed.
The December 1969 issue of True Detective Magazine carried an article entitled “Prosperity Betrayed Dixies’ Big Time Heisters,” which stated that several persons, including Bostic, had gone to trial in Federal District Court in Nashville, Tennessee, on charges of bank robbery, conspiracy to commit bank robbery, conspiracy to commit murder to avoid apprehension and murder. The charges referred to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Gary Lee Etheridge, Georgia Etheridge, William Eugene Beard, James Hermanbostic, Sammy Ray ColeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Bostic v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
3Cited by1 opinion
- Fadell v. Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1976