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Walker v. Kansas City Star Company

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 11, 1966No. 51705PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Edwin A. Walker sued The Kansas City Star and Associated Press for $500,000 actual and $500,000 punitive damages. The trial court sustained defendants’ motions to dismiss.

Plaintiff’s petition charged that “defendants caused to be published and did publish” in the October 1,1962, edition of the Kansas City Star and the October 1 and 2, 1962, editions of the Kansas City Times, the following articles (from the transcript) :

“TROOPS INTO RIOTING AT OLE MISS.

NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ARRIVE AT CAMPUS TO QUELL VIOLENCE IN WHICH FRENCH NEWSMAN IS SLAIN. — OUTBREAK OCCURS DESPITE THE…

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2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Coleman v. MacLennanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Nazeri v. Missouri Valley CollegeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  2. Alfonso J. Cervantes v. Time, Inc., and Denny WalshCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  3. Chapski v. Copley PressIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Tuite v. CorbittIllinois Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Luethans v. Washington UniversitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1995

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