Legal Opinion
White v. Fawcett Publications
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided January 20, 1971No. Civ. A. 18851-3PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
WILLIAM H. BECKER, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff has filed in this Court his application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in filing a civil action against “Fawcett Publications of New York”. Plaintiff states that defendant published a “very libelous and harmful” story in its January 1967 issue of True Magazine in a story called “The Case of the Bold Penman.” Plaintiff therefore demands the sum of twenty million dollars in damages.
Plaintiff does not affirmatively state the jurisdiction of this…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Paul Rodger Weller v. Fred H. Dickson, Andrew Emmitte Pope v. Richard A. McGeeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Russell M. Smith v. John J. Cremins, Jr., John F. Mahon, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Orville E. Stifel, II v. William F. Hopkins, Esq.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Jepson v. StubbsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
- Yonofsky v. WernickDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Sullivan v. Pulitzer Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1986
- Clark v. Airesearch Manufacturing Co. of Arizona, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1983
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