Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. Beacon Journal Publishing Co.
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided February 27, 1941PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.
This is an appeal on questions of law from the Common Pleas Court of Summit county.
On December 23, 1938, there appeared in the Akron Beacon Journal, a daily newspaper of wide circulation in the city of Akron and the state of Ohio, the following news item, which had been syndicated from Washington, D. C.:
“Washington Merry-Go-Bound
“By Drew Pearson and Bobert S. Allen
“A hot behind-the-scenes fight is raging in democratic congressional ranks over the effort of Father Coughlin to prevent the appointment of a Jewish judge in Cleveland.
“The proposed appointee is Emerieh Burt Freed, U. S. district…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Holloway v. Scripps Publishing Co.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1919
3Cited by12 opinions
- Rybas v. WapnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- McAndrew v. Scranton Republican Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Sweeney v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Life Printing & Publishing Co. v. FieldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1944
- Raible v. Newsweek, Inc.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
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