Legal Opinion
Richard M. Patch v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. And Frank Browning
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1981No. 80-1241PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Per curiam
Richard Patch allegedly was libeled by an article in the February 1976 issue of Playboy. Approximately twenty-three months after its first publication, on December 30, 1977, Patch brought this action in Missouri state court against Playboy Enterprises, Inc., and the author of the article1 for libel. After removal to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, the case was dismissed as barred by the Illinois one-year statute of limitations for libel actions.2 The district court determined that the Missouri borrowing statute 3 required the application of the Illinois…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Leroy v. Great Western United Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hartmann v. Time, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- William F. Buckley, Jr. v. New York Post CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Sterling Drug, Inc., a Corporation v. Maxine F. CornishCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- State Ex Rel. Allen v. BarkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Owens Corning v. CarterTexas Supreme Court · 1999
- Davis v. Costa-GavrasDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Jon Couzens, Jr. v. William DonohueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2017
- Renfroe v. Eli Lilly & Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Linda S. Nettles v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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