Legal Opinion
Fawcett Publications, Inc. v. Morris
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 16, 1962No. 39485PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Justice.
In the trial court/plaintiff Dennit Morris sued Fawcett Publications, Inc., the publisher of “True” Magazine, and Mid-Continent News Company, its distributor, for damages fo.r libel. The suit grew out of an article in a 1958 issue of “True” Magazine entitled “The Pill That Can Kill Sports”, concerning the use of amphetamine and other similar drugs by athletes throughout the country.
Plaintiff alleged in his petition that he was a member of the 1956 Oklahoma University football team; that the article imputed to him a crime against the laws of the state of Oklahoma and was…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- National Refining Co. v. Benzo Gas Motor Fuel Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
- Kee v. Armstrong, Byrd & Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
- Fite v. Oklahoma Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
- Kelly v. RoetzelSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- S. Howes Co. v. W. P. Milling Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Carl Dodd v. Fawcett Publications, Inc., a Corporation, and Mid-Continent News Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- Gaylord Entertainment Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
- United Medical Laboratories, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Pratt v. NelsonUtah Supreme Court · 2007
- Brock v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1997
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