Legal Opinion
Beckley Newspapers Corp. v. Hanks
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 6, 1967No. 467PublishedCited by 234 opinions
1Per curiam
The petition for certiorari is granted.
Respondent Hanks is the elected Clerk of the Criminal and Circuit Courts of Raleigh County, West Virginia. He brought this libel action in the West Virginia Circuit Court, Wyoming County, alleging that during his reelection campaign he was libeled by three editorials, highly critical of his official conduct, which appeared in petitioner’s morning newspaper. The jury returned a verdict for respondent and awarded him $5,000 damages. *82The State Supreme Court of Appeals denied petitioner's application for appellate review.
Although this action was tried…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by234 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. ConnaughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. BreslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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