Legal Opinion
Holden v. PIONEER BROADCASTING CO.
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided October 18, 1961PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connell, J.
This is an action to recover damages for an alleged libelous statement made by defendants during a television broadcast. The defendant company is the owner of the television station; the individual defendants are the news director and announcer respectively.
The complaint alleges “[t]hat on or about the 30th day of January, 1959, on a certain news broadcast over said television station, Defendants, and each of them, did broadcast and publish a certain photograph of said restaurant operated by Plaintiff and accompanied by words uttered and published by the Grand Jury '* * * for the County of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Silver v. SilverSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Werner v. Southern California Associated NewpapersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- Noonan v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1938
- Allen v. Pioneer-Press Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Smith v. SmithOregon Supreme Court · 1955
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Pinnick v. ClearyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Smothers v. Gresham Transfer, Inc.Oregon Supreme Court · 2001
- Wheeler v. GreenOregon Supreme Court · 1979
- Thornburg v. Port of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1962
- Yartzoff v. Democrat-Herald Pub. Co., Inc.Oregon Supreme Court · 1978
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