Legal Opinion
Stevens v. Sun News
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided May 19, 1982No. 21705PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, Chief Justice:
This appeal is taken from judgments entered upon consolidated jury trial of two actions for defamation. In substantially identical complaints, the respondents, Carroll D. Padgett, Jr., and James P. Stevens, Jr., alleged that three articles published by the appellant newspaper between December 1976 and March 1977, were libelous in various particulars. Neither of these are public officials or public figures. Actual and punitive damages were awarded each plaintiff by the jury. Motions by the defendant newspaper for directed verdicts were made at conclusion of the evidence…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Rogers Ex Rel. Rogers v. Florence Printing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1958
- Jones v. GarnerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1968
- Alexandria Gazette Corp. v. WestSupreme Court of Virginia · 1956
- Stevens v. Sun Publishing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1978
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Erickson v. Jones Street Publishers, LLCSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- Murray, v. Holnam, Inc. and Thomas Thornton, of Whom Holnam, Inc. IsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001
- Austin v. Torrington Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- Eubanks v. SmithSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1987
- Fitts v. KolbDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1991
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