Legal Opinion
Reynolds v. Pegler
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 22, 1954PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
The jury in this libel action returned a verdict for compensatory damages against all three defendants in the sum of $1 and for punitive damages against the defendant Pegler in the sum of $100,-000, against the defendant The Hearst Corporation in the sum of $50,000, and against the defendant Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc. in the sum of $25,000.
The defendants move under Rule 59 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. to set aside the verdict for punitive damages principally upon the ground of excessiveness, contending in substance that the verdict…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Sanderson v. . CaldwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Corrigan v. . Bobbs-Merrill Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Holmes v. . JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Cowdery v. London Etc. BankCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
- Mattox v. News Syndicate Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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