Legal Opinion
Edwin A. Walker v. Van H. Savell and the Associated Press
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1964No. 20682PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
General Walker appeals from an order of the District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi quashing the service of process and dismissing a complaint alleging libel on the ground that The Associated Press was not amenable to service under the provisions of Section 1437, Mississippi Code Annotated, 1942. 1
The suit was originally filed by appellant Walker in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County, Mississippi, on October 22, 1962, against the appellee The Associated Press, and Van H. Saveli, resident of Mississippi, who is alleged to have written the libelous…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
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3Cited by75 opinions
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