Legal Opinion
Burke v. Kingsport Publishing Corporation
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided February 6, 1974No. CIV-2-74-6PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NEESE, District Judge.
In a document entitled “motion for declaratory judgement [sic: judgment].” the plaintiff Mr. Herman Burke seeks punitive damages from the defendant Kingsport Publishing Corporation for refusing on or after November 20, 1973 to publish in its newspaper a want-ad to be headed: “WANTED — JUSTICE IN SCOTT COUNTY.” The plaintiff asserts he was incarcerated in Virginia at the time, and the defendant publishes its newspaper in Tennessee.
The jurisdiction of this Court is sought to be invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1443; however, that statute relates to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- J. J. Gordon, Inc. v. Worcester Telegram Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- North Station Wine Co. v. United Liquors, Ltd.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Chronicle & Gazette Publishing Co. v. Attorney GeneralSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1946
- Camp-of-the-Pines, Inc. v. New York Times Co.New York Supreme Court · 1945
- Shuck v. Carroll Daily HeraldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1933
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Newspaper Printing Corp. v. GalbreathTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
- Burke v. Kingsport Publishing CoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974