Legal Opinion

Bay Guardian Co. v. Chronicle Publishing Company

District Court, N.D. California

Decided February 24, 1972No. C-70 1613PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

OLIVER J. CARTER, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs in this action are a small monthly newspaper company and its husband and wife owners and operators. They assert four basic claims against the publishers of the large San Francisco metropolitan dailies, the Chronicle and the Examiner. Also named as defendants are the individual publishers of those papers, Charles Thieriot and R. A. Hearst and the San Francisco Newspaper Publishing Company.

The plaintiffs contend:

1. That the recently enacted Newspaper Preservation Act (henceforth Newspaper Act), (15 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1804) is unconstitutional. This…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  3. Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. United States v. First City National Bank of HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Perkins v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation v. General Telephone & Electronics Corporation and Hawaiian Telephone CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
  2. Cia. Petrolera Caribe, Inc. v. Arco Caribbean, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
  3. Nbo Industries Treadway Companies, Inc. v. Brunswick Corporation, in Nos. 74-2127, 75-1152 Appeal of Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc., in No. 74-2128Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  4. Helix Milling Company v. Terminal Flour Mills Co. And General Foods CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
  5. California v. American Stores CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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