Legal Opinion
John W. Carson and Joanna Holland v. Allied News Company, an Illinois Corporation, and National Insider, Inc., an Illinois Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 8, 1976No. 75--1763PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
The principal issue on appeal is whether summary judgment was properly entered against “public figures” prosecuting a libel suit or whether “actual malice” was shown with convincing clarity to warrant a jury determination of that issue under New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964).
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The plaintiffs John W. Carson and Joanna Holland brought this diversity action, seeking compensatory and punitive damages from the defendants Allied News Company and National Insider, Inc., for an allegedly libelous article which appeared in the April 9,…
2Cases cited19 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
- 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 by100 opinions
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- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Dodrill v. Arkansas Democrat Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
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