Minnesota Tribune Co. v. Associated Press
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. This was a bill filed by the Minnesota Tribune Company, the appellant, against the Associated Press, the appellee, to specifically enforce the provisions of a contract between said parties, which contract was as follows: “This agreement, made and entered into this 2nd day of March, 1893, by and between the Associated Press, the party of the first part, and the Minnesota Tribune Company, the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. This was a bill filed by the Minnesota Tribune Company, the appellant, against the Associated Press, the appellee, to specifically enforce the provisions of a contract between said parties, which contract was as follows: “This agreement, made and entered into this 2nd day of March, 1893, by and between the Associated Press, the party of the first part, and the Minnesota Tribune Company, the party of the second part, witnesseth: That, for and in consideration of the covenants herein contained, the parties hereto…
1Opinion of the CourtThayee, Circuit Judge
The briefs and arguments of counsel which have been filed in this case are principally devoted to a discussion of the proper interpretation of the contract between the Associated Press and the Minnesota Tribune Company (hereafter termed the “Tribune Company”). On the part of the appellant, it is claimed that the ninth clause of the contract in express terms precludes the Associated Press from furnishing its news reports to the Journal Printing Company, its rival in business, because the latter company was not on. March 2, 1893, entitled to receive such news reports without the written consent…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Colson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1817
- Minnesota Tribune Co. v. Associated PressU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1896
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- Huston v. HarringtonWashington Supreme Court · 1910
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