Legal Opinion
Charles G. Rebozo v. Washington Post Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1975No. 74-3046PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
The appellant Washington Post Company (Company) brings this interlocutory appeal 1 from the denial of its motion to dismiss for want of personal jurisdiction in a libel action instituted by the appel-lee, Charles G. Rebozo. The suit was brought against the Company in Florida following publication in the October 25, 1973 edition of “The Washington Post”, and circulation in the forum, of an allegedly defamatory newsstory. The Erie bound district court found the Company susceptible to jurisdiction under Florida’s long arm statute and we affirm. 2
The pertinent Florida statute…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Hess v. PawloskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Gray v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1961
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3Cited by65 opinions
- John Madara v. Daryl HallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Wells Fargo & Co. v. Wells Fargo Express Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Wendt v. HorowitzSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
- Cable/Home Communication Corp. v. Network Productions, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Sun Bank, N.A. v. E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc., N/k/a Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., Richard BunsteinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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