Legal Opinion
Liberty Lobby, Inc. v. Jack Anderson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 2, 1984No. 83-1471PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.
SCALIA, Circuit Judge:
Liberty Lobby, a not-for-profit corporation incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, and Willis Carto, its founder and treasurer, a citizen of California, brought this suit in the District Court for the District of Columbia against Bill E. Adkins, a Texas citizen, Jack Anderson, a Maryland citizen, and the Investigator Publishing Company, a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Texas. 1 Their suit, founded on diversity of citizenship, 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1982), charged that the defendants had…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
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- William G. Brooks v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Geraldo Rivera Charles C. Thompson and Maravilla Productions Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Liberty Lobby, Inc. v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
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