Legal Opinion
Burrell v. Moran
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Decided November 10, 1948No. 574726PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By MERRICK, J:
This action is before the Court upon the issue presented by defendants’ demurrer to the petition. Plaintiff’s complaint is that the defendants maliciously published and caused to *466be published certain libelous matter in which, in substance, it is alleged that defendants identified plaintiff as a “Communist,” “Communist-owned,” and with having a “Communist record.” In the prayer of the petition, actual damages of any specific nature are not claimed. Defendants’ demurrer is based on the contention that plaintiff’s petition does not set forth a complaint of libelous…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Sydney v. MacFadden Newspaper Publishing Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Katapodis v. Brooklyn Spectator, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Toomey v. JonesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Kaminsky v. American Newspapers, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1940
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