Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. Anderson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1942No. 2442-2450PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAVAGE, District Judge.
The appellant, Martin L. Sweeney, a Congressman from the State of Ohio, on December 21, 1939, instituted nine separate actions against the appellees, newspaper publishers, in the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. In each case Sweeney sought to recover a judgment for damages in the sum of $50,000 on account of alleged libel in publishing a newspaper article on December 23, 1938, appearing under the title “Washington Merry-Go-Round.”
The motions to dismiss filed by each of the defendants were overruled. Answers had been filed and each case was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Hicks v. Bekins Moving & Storage Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
- Colorado Eastern Ry. Co. v. Union Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
- Inderbitzen v. Lane HospitalCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936
- Cage v. CageCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
3Cited by47 opinions
- United States v. McWilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Charles A. Meeker v. Carl A. Rizley, R. L. Minton, Lee H. Bullard, J. M. Burden, and v. P. McClainCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Ringle Development Corporation v. ChavezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1947
- Moore v. CherryNevada Supreme Court · 1974
- Paula Arguello De Vargas v. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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