Legal Opinion
Acton v. Washington Times Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 30, 1934No. 5362PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM C. COLEMAN, District Judge.
The present suit is a libel action brought by a resident of Prince George’s county, Md., against the Washington Times Company, a New York corporation, the publishers of two daily newspapers, the Washington Times and the Washington Herald. The suit was originally instituted in the circuit court for Prince George’s county and has been removed to this court in conformity with the removal statute; the jurisdictional prerequisites with respect to diversity of citizenship and amount involved appearing to he sufficient. The service of process was had in Prince…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- International Harvester Co. of America v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. SpratleySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Lee v. Memphis Pub. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1943
- Frederick W. Moncrief v. Lexington Herald-Leader CoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Cannon v. Time, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Consolidated Cosmetics v. D-A Pub. Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Kriger v. MacFadden Publications, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1941
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