Legal Opinion
Peisner v. Detroit Free Press, Inc.
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided April 5, 1976No. Docket 22175, 22176PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D. E. Holbrook, Jr., P. J.
The plaintiffs instituted the initial suit on December 10, 1973, charging the defendants with libel for an article published on page 3A of the Detroit Free Press’ November 20, 1973, edition. The suit also charged that the Free Press repeated the libel in a December 1 editorial. The article, written by defendant Heldman, charged Balfour Peisner with inadequately representing an indigent criminal defendant who was appealing his manslaughter conviction from Recorder’s Court to this Court. The suit charged that the article and the editorial constituted libel per se and…
2Cases cited38 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
- Todd v. BiglowMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
- Messenger v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 4Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. McIntoshMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by24 opinions
- In Re Air Disaster at Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988. Denice H. Rein v. Pan American World Airways Incorporated, in Re Hijacking of Pan American World Airways, Inc. Aircraft at Karachi International Airport, Pakistan on September 5, 1986. Dilip Joshi, Nadya Hussain, Tahra Lodhi, Dilip Parikh, Faraidoon Oshtory v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Fraidin v. WeitzmanCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1992
- Peisner v. Detroit Free Press, Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 1985
- Hensley v. Erie Insurance Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
- Pauley v. HallMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983
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