Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Curtis Publishing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 23, 1952No. 10525PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the law of defamation, survival of actions and right of privacy. Plaintiff’s decedent sued the Curtis Publishing Company because of an article which had appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, February 1, 1947. This article was an advertisement by the Post for the efficacy of itself as an advertising medium. One of the features of this advertisement for advertising was a description of an invention which the plaintiff 'had patented back in 1896. It may be best described in terms of the patent application:
“This invention relates to a novel device, for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Leverton v. Curtis Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Briscoe v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1971
- Jeanine Adams Gruschus and June Adams Soelberg v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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