Legal Opinion
Henry v. Collins
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 29, 1965No. 89PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Per curiam
The petitions for certiorari are granted. The judgments are reversed.
After petitioner’s arrest on a charge of disturbing the peace, he issued a statement to the effect that this arrest was the result of “a diabolical plot,” in which respondents, the County Attorney and Chief of Police of Clarksdale, were implicated. Respondents brought suits for libel and obtained jury verdicts. The Supreme Court of Missis sippi affirmed. -Miss.-, 158 So. 2d 28;-Miss. -, 158 So. 2d 695.
The following instructions requested by the respondents, approved by the trial judge, were read to the jury:
“The court…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Henry v. CollinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
- Henry v. PearsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
3Cited by157 opinions
- Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. ConnaughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Florida Star v. B. J. F.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- The Washington Post Company v. Eugene J. KeoghCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1975
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