Legal Opinion
Edwin A. Walker v. The Pulitzer Publishing Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1968No. 18994PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity defamation case, instituted by Major General (retired) Edwin A. Walker against The Pulitzer Publishing Company, publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and owner of tele vision station KSD-TV at Saint Louis, Chief Judge Harper granted Pulitzer’s Civil Rule 56 motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff Walker appeals.
The litigation is yet another of many defamation cases which General Walker has instituted (see Appendix, infra) and which arise out of the disturbances of September 30 and October 1, 1962, which took place on the campus of the University of…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Nader v. De ToledanoDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Alfonso J. Cervantes v. Time, Inc., and Denny WalshCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Bon Air Hotel, Inc. v. Time, Inc. And Dan JenkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Adams v. Frontier Broadcasting CompanyWyoming Supreme Court · 1976
- Grant v. Esquire, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1973
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