Legal Opinion
Prescott v. Bay St. Louis Newspapers, Inc.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1986No. 55891PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
497 So.2d 77 (1986)
Melvin Alexander PRESCOTT
v.
BAY ST. LOUIS NEWSPAPERS, INC.
No. 55891.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 15, 1986.
Rehearing Denied November 19, 1986.
John C. Ellis, Hollis C. Thompson, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.
W. Joel Blass, Henry F. Laird, Jr., Mize, Thompson & Blass, Gulfport, for appellee.
Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and PRATHER, JJ.
DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:
Melvin Alexander Prescott appeals the summary judgment entered by the trial court against him in this invasion of privacy suit. Prescott brought suit in Hancock County Circuit Court on April…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Memphis Publishing Co. v. NicholsTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- Renwick v. News & Observer Publishing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
- John L. Brewer v. Memphis Publishing Company, Inc., Anita W. Brewer v. Memphis Publishing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Donald B. Rinsley, M.D. v. Anthony Brandt and William Morrow and Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Ferguson v. WatkinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Cain v. Hearst Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1994
- McCullough v. CookMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
- West v. Media General Convergence, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2001
- Blake v. Gannett Co., Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- Young v. JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
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