Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Cowles Magazines, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 2, 1952No. Civ. A. No. 51-1001PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORD, District Judge.
This' is an action for libel based on a news item published in defendant’s magazine QUICK which was allegedly defamatory of plaintiff. Defendant moves to dismiss the action or, in the alternative, to quash the attempted service of process as ineffectual.
The relevant facts appear in affidavits filed with defendant’s motion. Plaintiff does not challenge the correctness of the facts thus set forth. Defendant is an Iowa corporation not licensed to do business in Massachusetts. It publishes the magazines QUICK and LOOK. Its editorial offices are in New York, its subscription…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Pulson v. American Rolling Mill Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
- Thurman v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Weiss v. NewmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Trojan Engineering Corp. v. Green Mountain Power Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Gearhart v. WSAZ, Inc.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1957
- Samson Cordage Works v. Wellington Puritan Mills, Inc.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1969
- Denis v. Perfect Parts, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1956
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