Legal Opinion
Klein v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 29, 1939PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Malley, J.
The question presented is what liability, if any, attaches to the defendant for having received, transmitted and delivered to nine separate addressees a telegram concerning the plaintiff which, as between the sender and the plaintiff, is coneededly libelous, per se.
*337The message received over the phone read as follows:
“ The officers do not refuse to remove picket lines from the United Stores STOP The membership flatly refuse to be sold out to Kline and his gang for a starving wage STOP They defy him to prove that his list and membership is available for any labor organization STOP They defy…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Flynn v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1929
- Amory v. VreelandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Nye v. Western Union Tel. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1900
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
- Paton v. Great Northwestern Telegraph Co. of CanadaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Barry M. Goldwater v. Ralph Ginzburg, Warren Boroson, and Factmagazine, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- O'Brien v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
- Figari v. New York Telephone Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
- Von Meysenbug v. Western Union Telegraph Co.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1944
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. LesesneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
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