Legal Opinion
Read v. News-Journal Co.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 28, 1984PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal of a libel action concerns the scope of the privilege afforded news articles reporting judicial proceedings. Plaintiff, Walter A. Read, appeals from Superior Court’s dismissal of his libel suit against News-Journal Co. and Gannett Co., Inc., publisher and owner of the Wilmington Morning News, and its reporter, Tom Greer. The Complaint alleges that Read was libeled by defendants’ publishing of a news article concerning a recent Opinion of the Court of Chancery involving Read. The article reported the Court of Chancery’s dismissal of a suit brought by Read against the Delaware…
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