Legal Opinion
Sprouse v. Clay Communication, Inc.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 1975No. 13463PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Neely, Justice:
In the fall of 1968 James M. Sprouse was a practicing attorney in Charleston, West Virginia, and the Democratic Party candidate for Governor of the State of West Virginia. Approximately two weeks before the November election the Charleston Daily Mail published a series of articles implying that James M. Sprouse had engaged in real estate transactions in Pendleton County, West Virginia, of such a nature as to cast aspersions upon Sprouse’s integrity. The articles implied that enormous profits would inure to Sprouse’s benefit as a result of “inside” information which Sprouse…
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