Legal Opinion
Linus Pauling v. News Syndicate Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 7, 1964No. 28436_1PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Linus Pauling appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing his complaint in an action for libel against the publisher of the New York Daily News after a verdict for the defendant. Federal jurisdiction is founded upon diverse citizenship. The principal claims are (1) error in submission of the defamatory nature of the publication to the jury, (2) the reception of evidence contended to be banned by the hearsay rule and failure to give proper instruction in regard to it, and (3) general unfairness by the trial judge.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- United States v. WeldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- William F. Buckley, Jr. v. New York Post CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- United Medical Laboratories, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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