Legal Opinion
Tavoulareas v. Washington Post Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 2, 1983No. Civ. A. 80-3032, 80-2387PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GASCH, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, William P. Tavoulareas and his son Peter, filed suit in this case against defendants, The Washington Post Company (WPC), Patrick E. Tyler, Sandy Golden, Benjamin C. Bradlee, and Robert U. Woodward. 1 Plaintiffs claimed that they were libeled by two articles concerning the establishment of Atlas Maritime Corporation and its relationship with Mobil Oil Corporation published in The Washington Post (The Post) on November 30, 1979 and December 1, 1979. Defendant Tyler, an investigative reporter for The Post, wrote the stories aided by defendant Golden, a…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Tavoulareas v. PiroCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- In Re the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Tavoulareas v. PiroCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Jamason v. Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
- William P. Tavoulareas, Peter Tavoulareas v. Philip Piro. William P. Tavoulareas, Peter Tavoulareas v. The Washington Post Company, D/B/A the Washington Post, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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