Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided September 5, 1989No. C8-88-2631, C0-88-2672PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHORT, Judge.
Cowles Media Company, d/b/a Minneapolis Star and Tribune (Tribune) and Northwest Publications, Inc. (Dispatch), appeal the trial court’s judgment awarding Cohen $200,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages. This action arises out of the newspapers’ publication of Cohen’s name after reporters employed by the newspapers had promised Cohen that his name would not be published. The trial court concluded that the first amendment did not bar Cohen’s breach of contract and misrepresentation claims and submitted those claims to the jury. The jury returned a…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Flagg Bros., Inc. v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
- Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
- Food Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1995
- Homer v. GuzulaitisIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
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