Legal Opinion
Flake Ex Rel. Flake v. Greensboro News Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided February 2, 1938PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBahNhill, J.
While the complaint does not undertake to state two separate and distinct causes of action, it in fact alleges two causes of action and was so interpreted and treated by the court below. The plaintiff alleges that the publication was libelous and also that it violated plaintiff’s alleged right of privacy.
Libels may be divided into three classes: (1) Publications which are obviously defamatory and which are termed libels per se; (2) publications which are susceptible of two reasonable interpretations, one of which is defamatory and the other is not, and (3) publications which are not obviously…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Roberson v. . Rochester Folding Box Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- White v. NichollsSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- Peck v. Tribune Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Sydney v. MacFadden Newspaper Publishing Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Morrison v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
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3Cited by126 opinions
- Corum v. University of North CarolinaSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1992
- Robert Van Buskirk, M.D.L., 1257, in Re Cable News Network v. Cable News Network, Inc., Time Inc., and Time Warner Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Renwick v. News & Observer Publishing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
- Cabaniss v. HipsleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- Hinish v. Meier & Frank Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1941
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