Legal Opinion
Lawrence v. Fox
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 14, 1959No. Docket 25, Calendar 47,076PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The plaintiff in the case before us, Kennedy Lawrence, was deputy superintendent of police in Detroit from 1947 to 1955. The action he brings is for libel. The libel consisted, according to the pretrial statement, “of a series of articles written by defendants Jack E. MacGriff and Floyd E. McGriff and published in the defendant newspapers, the Bed-ford Record, The Brightmoor Journal and the Home Gazette, which publications were printed by defendant The Bedford Printing Company.”
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Bacon v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Timmis v. BennettMichigan Supreme Court · 1958
- McAllister v. Detroit Free Press Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Fortney v. StephanMichigan Supreme Court · 1927
- Bostetter v. Kirsch CompanyMichigan Supreme Court · 1948
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3Cited by82 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Harlan E. Orr v. The Argus-Press CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- Martin v. Griffin Television, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
- Leonard Schultz v. Newsweek, Inc. And the Evening News AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Rouch v. Enquirer & News of Battle CreekMichigan Supreme Court · 1986
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