Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Globe International Publishing, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Arkansas
Decided September 4, 1991No. Civ. 91-3001PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
H. FRANKLIN WATERS, Chief Judge.
The October 2, 1990, edition of the Sun published a photograph of the plaintiff in conjunction with a “story” entitled, “World’s oldest newspaper carrier, 101, quits because she’s pregnant!” The “story” purports to be about a “papergal Audrey Wiles” in Stirling, Australia, who has been delivering papers for 94 years. Read ers are told that the papergal became pregnant by a man she met on her newspaper route.
The plaintiff, Nellie Mitchell, is a 96-year-old resident of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Ms. Mitchell has operated a newsstand since 1963.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. BreslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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