Legal Opinion
The Washington Post Company v. Eugene J. Keogh
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 28, 1966No. 19668PublishedCited by 298 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents for consideration in a summary.judgment context an application of the public official libel principle enunciated in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964). Appellee, a United States Congressman from New York, sued the Washington Post and its syndicated columnist, Drew Pearson, for alleged libelous information appearing in two of Pearson’s columns (appendices to this opinion) published in the Post. Without surrendering the defense of truth on the merits, the Post moved for summary judgment on the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by298 opinions
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