Legal Opinion

Schaefer v. Lynch

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 16, 1981No. 81-C-1409PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

406 So.2d 185 (1981)

Roy B. SCHAEFER, Jr.

v.

Bill LYNCH and the Times Picayune Publishing Corporation.

No. 81-C-1409.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 16, 1981.

Jack M. Weiss, Rutledge C. Clement, Shawn B. Rafferty of Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, F. W. Middleton, Jr. of Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for defendant-relator.

Robert L. Kleinpeter of Kleinpeter, Kleinpeter & Kleinpeter, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-respondent.

WATSON, Justice.

The issue in this defamation case is whether defendants are entitled to a summary judgment.

Plaintiff is Roy B. Schaefer,…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Henry v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Madison v. BoltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
  5. Batson v. Time, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1974

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Turner v. KTRK Television, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Strada v. Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  3. Sassone v. ElderSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  4. Fitzgerald v. TuckerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  5. William Janklow v. Newsweek, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986

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