Legal Opinion

Little Rock Newspapers, Inc. v. Dodrill

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 21, 1983No. 83-101Published

1Opinion of the Court

660 S.W.2d 933 (1983)

281 Ark. 25

LITTLE ROCK, NEWSPAPERS, INC., Appellant,

v.

Louis Art DODRILL, Appellee.

No. 83-101.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 21, 1983.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1983.

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, for appellant.

R. David Lewis, Little Rock, for appellee.

HAYS, Justice.

This is a defamation action brought by Louis Art Dodrill, appellee, against North Little Rock Newspapers, appellant arising out of two newspaper articles that appeared in the Arkansas Democrat in 1976. This case has been before this court previously. In 1975, Dodrill was suspended from the…

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Time, Inc. v. FirestoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Monitor Patriot Co. v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Dodrill v. Arkansas Democrat Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1979

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