Legal Opinion
New York Times Company v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 30, 1962No. 3 Div. 961PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment in the amount of $500,000.00 awarded as dam ages in a libel suit. The plaintiff below was L. B. Sullivan, a member of the Board -of Commissioners of the City of Montgomery, where he served as Police Commissioner. The defendants below were The New York Times, a corporation, and four individuals, Ralph D. Abernathy, Fred L. Shuttlesworth, S. S. Seay, Sr., and J. E. Lowery.
Service of the complaint upon The New York Times was by personal service upon Dan McKee as an agent of the defendant, .and also by publication pursuant to the provisions of…
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3Cited by74 opinions
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