Legal Opinion
Potts v. Dies
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 29, 1942No. 8229PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
Appellant Potts sued appellee Dies for libel. The complaint states that appellant owns Southern Progress Publishing Company and publishes a magazine of general circulation called Southern Progress. It states that on October 22, 1940 [when the United States was not at war], in a publication called “The Trojan Horse in America,” appellee used this language:
“We have examined some of the criteria by which the Communist Trojan Horse may be identified. Let us now consider the marks of the Nazi Trojan Horse.
“1. Does the organization through its leaders and literature laud…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- White v. NichollsSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- Washington Times Co. v. BonnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
- Glass v. IckesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- National Disabled Soldiers' League, Inc. v. HaanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1925
- Fletcher v. Evening Star Newspaper Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, Robert NovakCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Alfred A. Altimont, Inc. v. Chatelain, Samperton & NolanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Harold R. Olinger v. American Savings and Loan AssociationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Mosrie v. TrussellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Brewer v. Hearst Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
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