Legal Opinion
Richard J. Ryder v. Time, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 6, 1976No. 75-1909PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEIGEL, District Judge:
This unusual libel case has arisen because two Virginia attorneys have the same first and last names.
Plaintiff Richard J. Ryder practices law in Annandale, Virginia, which is a suburb of Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from January, 1970, to December, 1971, and an unsuccessful candidate for the Virginia State Senate in November, 1971. At the time he brought this suit in the court below against Time, Inc., publisher of Time magazine, he was politically active in his community, but not the holder of any public office.
Richard R.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Time, Inc. v. FirestoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Cincinnati Insurance Company v. Eastern Atlantic Insurance Company and Integrity Underwriters, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- Providence Journal Co. v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1978
- Little Rock Newspapers, Inc. v. FitzhughSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
- John Doe v. John DoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Peterson v. New York Times Co.District Court, D. Utah · 2000
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