Legal Opinion
Cannon v. Time, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 17, 1939PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODDARD, District Judge.
This is a motion by the defendant for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff’s cause of action is barred by the one year statute of limitations set forth in the New York Civil Practice Act, § 51, subd. 3.
The suit is brought by Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of Virginia, against Time, Inc., a New York corporation, publisher of the magazine “Life”, to recover damages asserted to have been sustained by him as a result of an alleged libel which appeared in the issue of “Life” dated May 16, 1938. The complaint was filed and the summons issued on…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ostrowe v. LeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Wolfson v. Syracuse Newspapers, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Wolfson v. Syracuse Newspapers, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Means v. MacFadden Publications, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1939
- Fried, Mendelson & Co. v. Edmund Halstead, Ltd.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
3Cited by19 opinions
- Hartmann v. Time, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Gregoire v. G. P. Putnam's SonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Forman v. Mississippi Publishers Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1943
- John Zuck v. Interstate Publishing Corp., John Zuck v. Marjorie Bair, Edward Purcell, Martin Goodman and Jean GoodmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Fleury v. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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