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News Leader Co. v. Kocen

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 12, 1939No. Record No. 2042PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, J.

This writ of error brings under review the proceedings in the trial of an action for libel and insulting words against the News Leader Company, which culminated in a judgment for $2,500 on the verdict for plaintiff.

The News Leader Company publishes, in the city of Richmond, the Richmond News Leader, a daily (except Sunday) newspaper which has a large circulation. The article upon which the action is based was published in the “Home Edition” of the News Leader on August 18, 1937, under the heading,

“Police Arrest One as Gambler,
“Charged with Promoting Cigarette Machine”

The body of the article,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. W. T. Grant Co. v. OwensCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1928
  2. Norfolk & Western Railroad v. H. I. ShottSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  3. Williams Printing Co. v. SaundersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
  4. James v. PowellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
  5. Ramsay v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Gazette, Inc. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
  2. Mattox v. News Syndicate Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
  3. WJLA-TV. v. LevinSupreme Court of Virginia · 2002
  4. Blondel v. HaysSupreme Court of Virginia · 1991
  5. Town & Country Properties, Inc. v. RigginsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1995

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