Legal Opinion
Burton v. Crowell Pub. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 10, 1936No. 258PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises upon a judgment dismissing a complaint for libel upon the pleadings. The complaint alleged that the defendant had published an advertisement —annexed and incorporated by reference —made up of text‘and photographs; that one of the photographs was “susceptible of being regarded as representing plaintiff as guilty of indecent .exposure and as being a person physically deformed and mentally perverted”; that some of the text, read with the offending photograph, was “susceptible of being regarded as falsely representing plaintiff as an utterer of salacious…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Kimmerle v. New York Evening Journal, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Belknap v. BallMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
- Merrill v. Post Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Cohen v. New York Times Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Eckert v. VanPeltSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Crump v. Beckley Newspapers, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
- Sidis v. FR Pub. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Samms v. EcclesUtah Supreme Court · 1961
- Kamelgard v. MacUraCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. GiulianiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
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