Legal Opinion
Simonson v. United Press International, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 28, 1980No. Civ. A. 78-C-220PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
TERENCE T. EVANS, District Judge.
This libel action is before the court on the motion of the defendants for summary judgment. The plaintiff is a former County Court Judge for Dane County, the county that includes the City of Madison, Wisconsin. On May 25, 1977, then-Judge Simonson sentenced a 15-year-old boy who, in January of 1977, had entered a “no contest” plea to the charge of second degree sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl at Madison West High School. The assault occurred in November, 1976. Certain statements attributed to the judge during the course of the…
2Cases cited21 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
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Fendler v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1981
- Archie E. Simonson v. United Press International, Inc., and the Associated Press, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Pronger v. O'DELLCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1985
- Harris v. QuadracciDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1994
- Debraska v. Quad Graphics, Inc.Court of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2009
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