Legal Opinion
Wayne S. Marteney v. United Press Association
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1955No. 5084PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
Marteney brought this action against the United Press Association to recover damages for alleged libel.
On February 25, 1952, the United Press sent out the following news dispatch to Kansas and Colorado papers and the St. Louis-Houston newspaper circuit:
“Topeka, Kan., Feb. 25. — (UP)— Attorney General Harold Fatzer said today Wayne Marteney, President of a Garden City, Kan., grain company now in bankruptcy, has crossed the border into Mexico.
“Marteney, whose million-dollar grain empire fell apart, is charged with seven violations of the Kansas Warehouse Law and is free…
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- Dusabek v. MartzSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
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