Legal Opinion
Fouts v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided November 4, 1953No. Civ. A. 4042PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Chief Judge.
Defendant has moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that each claim is barred by the statute of limitation. Plaintiff’s action is based upon a story printed in the November 1949 issue of “Startling Detective”, and a similar story printed in the November 1949 issue of “True Police Cases”. Both publications are magazines published by the defendant. The first and second counts allege that the stories in “Startling Detective” and “True Police Cases” are libelous: the third count alleges that the “Startling Detective” story constituted a wrongful invasion of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Suckow Borax Mines Consolidated, Inc. v. Borax Consolidated, LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- Gregoire v. G. P. Putnam's SonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Dincher v. Marlin Firearms Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Dale System, Inc. v. Time, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1953
- W. E. Hedger Transp. Corp. v. Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by21 opinions
- William F. Buckley, Jr. v. New York Post CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Roberts v. McAfee, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Fellows v. National Enquirer, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1986
- John Zuck v. Interstate Publishing Corp., John Zuck v. Marjorie Bair, Edward Purcell, Martin Goodman and Jean GoodmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Hazlitt v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1953
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