Legal Opinion
Holmes v. Curtis Publishing Company
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided March 7, 1969No. Civ. A. 67-531PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SIMONS, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. The action arises out of the publication of a feature story entitled “THE MAFIA: SHADOW OF EVIL ON AN ISLAND IN THE SUN” appearing in the February 25, 1967 issue of THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, which included a picture of plaintiff at the Monte Carlo Club on Grand Bahama Island with the caption “High-Rollers at Monte Carlo have dropped as much as $20,000 in a single night. The U. S. Department of Justice estimates that the Casino grosses $20 million a year, and that one-third is…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Josiah Haynesworth and Fred Hancock v. Frank P. Miller, Chief, Law Enforcement Section, Office of the Corporation Counsel, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Bon Air Hotel, Inc. v. Time, Inc. And Dan JenkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Colbert v. World Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
- International Bancorp, L.L.C. v. Societe des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Etrangers a MonacoDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2002
- Bet Plant Services, Inc. v. W.D. Robinson Electric Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1996
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