Legal Opinion
Reed v. Melnick
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided July 6, 1970No. 8950PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WATSON, Justice.
Certiorari was granted to the Court of Appeals for the above entitled case. The opinion below, which appears at 81 N.M. 14, 462 P.2d 148 (Ct.App.1969), will not be set forth here except by reference. It was a libel action brought against the writer of a letter to an insurance company requesting that a refund premium not be sent to the agent (plaintiff), because “people cannot get money out of him * * * as he is threatening bankruptcy.” The Court of Appeals held that this language was libelous per se since it had a tendency to adversely affect plaintiff in his business,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- MacLeod v. Tribune Publishing Co.California Supreme Court · 1959
- Herrmann v. Newark Morning Ledger Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958
- Martin v. Outboard Marine Corp.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
- Hinsdale v. Orange County Publications, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1966
- Hinkle v. AlexanderOregon Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Information Control Corporation v. Genesis One Computer Corporation, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Newberry v. Allied Stores, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1989
- Marchiondo v. BrownNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
- Newberry v. Allied Stores, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1989
- Proper v. MowryNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
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