Legal Opinion

Phillips v. Evening Star Newspaper Co.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided November 17, 1980No. 13230, 13231Published

1Opinion of the Court

424 A.2d 78 (1980)

John PHILLIPS, Appellant and Cross-Appellee,

v.

The EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER CO., Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Nos. 13230, 13231.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued March 15, 1979.

Decided November 17, 1980.

Joseph Zitomer, Silver Spring, Md., for appellant and cross-appellee John Phillips.

Stuart F. Pierson, Washington, D. C., with whom Richard L. Cys and Floyd H. Lewis, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee and cross-appellant The Evening Star Newspaper Co., Inc.

Sidney Dickstein and Leslie J. Ruben, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of amicus…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited57 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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