Legal Opinion
Johnston v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 21, 1973No. 72-C-1638PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARTELS, District Judge.
Defendants National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), Marshall Well-born and David Durk have moved this court, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for an order dismissing the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
Among unnecessarily prolific and irrelevant allegations, two causes of action emerge: the first, predicated upon 42 U.S.C. § 1983 1 and 42 U.S.C. § 1985, 2 alleging that plaintiff Johnston was entrapped by defendants NBC, Silverman, Durk and others into procuring narcotics, for which he was…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Sherwin S. Stern v. United States Gypsum, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. v. United States of America, Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. v. W. H. DillahuntyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Martin Hodas, East Coast Cinematics, Inc. v. LindsayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977
- Taylor v. NicholsDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1976
- Ross Anthony Smith and Michael Bodak v. Mark Garretto, IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
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