Legal Opinion
Larry Esco Middlebrooks v. Curtis Publishing Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1969No. 12672_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
We affirm the judgment for the defendant in this action for libel and invasion of privacy.
In its March 16, 1963 issue, The Saturday Evening Post published an article entitled “Moonshine Light, Moonshine Bright.” It was listed in the index under fiction and the article itself was at one point designated fiction. The story was set in Columbia, South Carolina and used the names of actual streets and places there. Cartoons were employed to illustrate the story. The article featured two teenagers, Esco Brooks and Earl Edge, whose desperate concern was the upkeep of their…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Corrigan v. . Bobbs-Merrill Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Corr v. . Sun Printing Publishing Assn.New York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Daniel Fetler v. Houghton Mifflin CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Hazel A. Wheeler and Terry Ann Chenoweth, a Minor, by Richard M. Hughey, Her Guardian v. Dell Publishing Co., and Columbia Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1962
- Davis v. R.K.O. Radio Pictures, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Melanie Geisler v. Orlando R. Petrocelli and Pinnacle Books, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Bindrim v. MitchellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
- Jill Ruzicka v. The Conde Nast Publications, Inc., Claudia DreifusCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Hooker v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1982
- Allied Marketing Group, Inc. v. Paramount Pictures Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2003
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