Legal Opinion
Taylor v. West Publishing Co.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided August 20, 1982No. Civ. No. 4-82-740PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DIANA E. MURPHY, District Judge.
Plaintiff Terry Ray Taylor filed this action pursuant to Title 42, United States Code, Section 1983, on May 21, 1982. In his pro se complaint, Taylor alleges that defendants West Publishing Company, its president, editor, directors, and shareholders (West), have published and distributed libelous statements about him causing him severe and extensive irreparable injury. The statements which are the subject of Taylor’s complaint are those of Judge Bryan Simpson of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in an opinion he wrote in the case of Taylor v. Gibson, 529…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Terry Ray Taylor v. M. M. (Hoot) GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Jack R. Harper v. Arden Mays MerckleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Fred Lowenschuss v. West Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Taylor v. West Publishing Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Taylor v. West Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982