Legal Opinion
Fletcher v. Wheat
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 17, 1938No. 6981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Associate Justice.
Appellant brought an action in the court below against a number of persons, including appellees Wheat and Adkins. In his declaration he alleged that Wheat was Chief Justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, that Adkins was a Justice of the same court, but that each was sued in his individual right. The declaration alleged that appellees and others conspired to and did defame and injure appellant to his damage in the sum of $1,000,000.
Appellees’ demurrer to the declaration was sustained; appellant elected to stand on his…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cooper v. O'CONNORCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Fletcher v. LawsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1933
- Caldwell v. Village of Mountain HomeIdaho Supreme Court · 1916
- Steele v. BlissMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
- United States v. GayleDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1891
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Kenney v. FoxCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
- Fletcher v. BryanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- De Busk v. HarvinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Fletcher v. Evening Star Newspaper Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Lark v. WestDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1960
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