Legal Opinion
Corcoran v. New Orleans Firefighter's Ass'n Local 632
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 9, 1985No. CA 2750PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRISON, Judge.
Plaintiffs filed this libel suit against the defendants based upon certain material published in the November 1978 issue of “Crescent City Fire Fighter”, a publication published by the New Orleans Fire Fighter’s Association Local 632 and edited by Clarence Perez, president and chief executive officer of the firefighter’s union in 1978. This material consisted of a cartoon depicting non-union members as “freeloaders” and listing seventeen non-union members including the plaintiffs. Additionally, a poem entitled “Freeloader” was printed next to the cartoon and in this poem, a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Cangelosi v. SCHWEGMANN BROS., ETC.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Corcoran v. NEW ORLEANS FIRE FIGHTER'S ETC.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
3Cited by2 opinions
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