Legal Opinion
FAIRBANKS PUBLISHING COMPANY v. Pitka
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 1968No. 910PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIMOND, Justice.
This is a libel action arising from certain publications in appellant’s newspaper, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. In 1961 a jury returned a verdict in appellee’s favor for $6,000 compensatory damages, and $19,-’ 000 punitive damages. On appeal we reversed and remanded for a new trial. We held that the trial court had erred in failing to give an instruction on truth as a defense, in giving certain instructions on actual malice and punitive damages, and in stating that a publication made in 1958 was libelous in itself. 1 On remand the parties stipulated to waive a jury…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Preferred General Agency of Alaska, Inc. v. RaffettoAlaska Supreme Court · 1964
- Mid-Continent Casualty Company v. Maxine G. EverettCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- Carter Oil Co. v. McQuiggCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
- Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Anchorage v. New Hampshire Insurance Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. PhillipsAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- Palfy v. RiceAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- Alaska Foods, Inc. v. American Manufacturer's Mutual Insurance Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1971
- Moran v. HolmanAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
- Mathis v. MeyeresAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
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