Legal Opinion
Wright v. R. K. O. Radio Pictures, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 16, 1944No. Civil Actions 1415-1417PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, District Judge.
These are three actions of libel growing out of the publication by the defendant, who is a distributor of motion pictures, of the picture “Primrose Path.” The declarations also include a count based upon the invasion of the plaintiffs’ rights of privacy.
Findings of Fact.
The only publications of which the plaintiffs complain occurred in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No publication of the picture "Primrose Path” was made in Fall River which is the home of the plaintiffs. A showing, however, was made in the city of New Bedford which is but a short distance from Fall…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Ingalls v. Hastings & Sons Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Hanson v. Globe Newspaper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Themo v. New England Newspaper Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Peck v. Wakefield Item Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Canessa v. Kislak, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1967
- Kelly v. Johnson Publishing Co.California Court of Appeal · 1958
- Travers v. PatonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1966
- Kelly v. Loew's Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1948
- Larry Esco Middlebrooks v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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