Legal Opinion
Means v. MacFadden Publications, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 12, 1939PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONGER, District Judge.
This is an action for libel. The defendant MacFadden Publications, Inc., was served with the summons and complaint herein on April 25, 1938. The defendant May Dixon Thacker has not been served with process in this action.
The defendant MacFadden Publications, Inc., has answered, and issue between the plaintiff and that defendant has been joined.
The amended complaint contains nine separate and distinct causes of action, alleging nine different publications in the magazine “Liberty”, which the plaintiff contends are libelous as to her. In each cause of action she asks for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. RyanNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Wolfson v. Syracuse Newspapers, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Wolfson v. Syracuse Newspapers, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1939
3Cited by19 opinions
- Hartmann v. Time, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Gregoire v. G. P. Putnam's SonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Forman v. Mississippi Publishers Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1943
- Rinaldi v. Viking Penguin, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1981
- John Zuck v. Interstate Publishing Corp., John Zuck v. Marjorie Bair, Edward Purcell, Martin Goodman and Jean GoodmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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