Legal Opinion
Bryan v. Brown
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 1, 1976PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Roger Brown and Larry Waites filed identical, separate libel actions against Robert R. Bryan and James Allen Brown, as codefendants. Each complaint contained one count as follows:
"Plaintiff claims of the defendants the sum of Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 ($500,000.00) Dollars as damages for that heretofore on, to-wit: the 14th day of January, 1974 in Jefferson County, Alabama defendants falsely and maliciously published of and concerning the plaintiff in a writing styled `Petition for Removal' the following matter, with intent to defame the plaintiff:
`That plaintiff asked the defendant,…
2Cases cited7 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
- Georgia v. RachelSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Willie Peacock v. The City of Greenwood, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Marion v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Mobile Press Register, Inc. v. FaulknerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
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