Legal Opinion
William Janklow v. Newsweek, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1985No. 84-1452PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The February 21, 1983 issue of Newsweek magazine contained an article entitled Dennis Banks’s Last Stand, concerning the past and present activities of American Indian activist Dennis Banks and the efforts of South Dakota Governor William Janklow to obtain Banks’s return to South Dakota for sentencing on two felony convictions. Janklow brought suit on February 24,1983 contending that the Newsweek article defamed him.1
The primary basis for the suit is a paragraph in the article concerning a “feud” between Banks and Janklow:
Along the way, Banks made a dangerous enemy —…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. BreslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Robert C. White v. Fraternal Order of PoliceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Scott v. News-HeraldOhio Supreme Court · 1986
- William Janklow v. Newsweek, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Biro v. Condé NastDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2012
- James L. Turner v. Theodore v. Wells, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
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