Legal Opinion
McCusker v. Valley News
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided April 3, 1981No. 80-197PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Per curiam
The issue in this libel case is whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. We uphold the trial court.
On October 8, 1976, the defendant published an article written by one of its staff writers, Jan Slusmon, who reported that certain unnamed legislators had alleged that the plaintiff, who at that time was 78 and the brother of the then sheriff of Sullivan County, was “being paid $9,000 a year as a part-time deputy sheriff, plus an undetermined amount of money in per diem fees, despite the fact that he is barely ambulatory.”
The plaintiff brought suit…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Brown v. Kelly Broadcasting Co.California Supreme Court · 1989
- Gazette, Inc. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
- Cloutier v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1981
- Jeffrey Kassel v. Gannett Co., Inc., D/B/A "Usa Today,"Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Jadwin v. Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
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