Legal Opinion
Crowell-Collier Pub. Co. v. Caldwell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 7, 1948No. 12446PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
When this cause was here before 1 on Caldwell’s appeal from a judgment dismissing his complaint, we held that a case of libel per se was alleged. Saying: “Privilege and want of malice should await final decision on the trial”, we sent the cause back for trial on the merits. It is here again, this time on Collier’s appeal from a judgment on a verdict for $237,500.00.
Urging upon us that the undisputed evidence made out a case within the decision of the Supreme Court of Florida in Layne v. Tribune Co., 108 Fla. 177, 146 So. 234, 86 A.L.R. 466, showing neither wantonness,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- London Guarantee & Accident Co. v. WoelfleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
- Layne v. Tribune Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. ReidCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- Caldwell v. Crowell-Collier Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947
3Cited by32 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,777, 11 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 781 Chemetron Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Business Funds, Inc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Johnnie Ray Lee v. Southern Home Sites CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Lassitter v. Intern. Union of Op. Engin.Supreme Court of Florida · 1977
- Brown & Root, Inc. v. Big Rock CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Curtis Publishing Company v. Wallace Butts, Wallace Butts v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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