Legal Opinion
Benson v. Griffin Television, Inc.
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided March 29, 1979No. 50403PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROMANG, Judge:
Plaintiff sued the Defendant television station (Station) for a defamatory broadcast of the following statement concerning a local bank robbery:
“. . . F.B.I. agents and Highway Patrolmen converged on the home of . [Plaintiff], but found only one man at the home who claimed he didn’t know . . . [the Plaintiff] or his whereabouts.”
The District Court granted the Station’s motion for a summary judgment and Plaintiff appeals.
Rule 13, Rules for District Courts, authorizes the District Court to grant a judgment where “the depositions, admissions, answers to interrogatories, and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Coleman v. MacLennanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
- Weeks Ex Rel. Weeks v. Wedgewood Village, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
- Martin v. Griffin Television, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Jones v. PALMER COMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATEDSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
- Garson v. HendlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- State Board of Control v. Johnson Ranches, Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1980
- Metcalf v. KFOR-TV, INC.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1992