Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. Patterson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 25, 1942No. 7932PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
This is one of a series of libel suits which appellant brought, in various courts and against various defendants, because of an article which was written by appellees Pearson and Allen and published in appel-lee Patterson’s newspaper, among others. The complaint states that appellant is a member of Congress from Ohio and a member of the Ohio bar. It alleges, in the usual language of libel suits, that appellees intended to and did injure his reputation; but it alleges no special damage. Appel-lees, in their answers, defended on grounds of privilege and truth. This…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Coleman v. MacLennanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
- Washington Times Co. v. BonnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
- Snively v. Record Publishing Co.California Supreme Court · 1921
- Sweeney v. Schenectady Union Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Sillars v. CollierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
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3Cited by53 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Dickinson v. ZurkoSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Afro-American Publishing Co., Inc. v. Eli Jaffe, T/a Douglas PharmacyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Montgomery v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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