Legal Opinion
Missouri Church of Scientology v. Adams
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided December 13, 1976No. 59377PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINCH, Judge.
Plaintiff, a Missouri not-for-profit religious corporation, sued two writers for and the publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for libel on the basis of a series of five articles which were published March 3 through 7,1974. The petition sought $500,-000 actual plus $2,000,000 punitive damages. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. That motion was sustained and plaintiff appealed to the Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, which affirmed. We then sustained plaintiff’s application under Rule 83.03 1 to…
2Cases cited16 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
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Time, Inc. v. FirestoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Hester v. BarnettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- Henry v. HalliburtonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- Greening v. KlamenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- Anton v. St. Louis Suburban Newspapers, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- Buller v. Pulitzer Publishing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1984
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