Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 3, 1942No. 159PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, an attorney and a member of the Congress of the United States from the State of Ohio, brought this suit in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against United Feature Syndicate, Inc., a New York corporation to recover for an alleged libel. Jurisdiction grounded upon diversity was duly alleged and is unquestioned. The suit was tried to a jury which returned a verdict for the defendant on which the judgment was entered from which the plaintiff has appealed.
Although the plaintiff took no formal exception to such refusal, he now seeks to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Sanderson v. . CaldwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Washington Post Co. v. ChalonerSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Mattice v. . WilcoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Sweeney v. Schenectady Union Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Katapodis v. Brooklyn Spectator, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1941
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Mencher v. ChesleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,862 G. A. Thompson & Co., Inc. v. Herbert Partridge, Robert M. Presley, Frank Andrews and C. Thomas MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Presley v. City of NorwoodOhio Supreme Court · 1973
- Keen v. Overseas Tankship Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- James Morrissey, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee v. National Maritime Union of America, Defendant-Appellant-Appellee, and Joseph CurranCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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