Legal Opinion
Corbett v. Register Publishing Co.
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided July 31, 1975No. File 129520PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavid M. Shea, J.
The complaint in this action alleges that the defendants, Register Publishing Company and Lionel Jackson, on November 13, 1970, published an article in their newspaper, the New Haven Register, which was written by the defendant Leona Peterson and which is claimed to have libeled the plaintiffs. The article stated that a seventeen-year-old youth, Dennis J. Corbett, had been arrested by the Branford police following a telephone call from his mother, Mrs. George Corbett, and that, when the police arrived, he used foul language and attempted to kick one of the policemen. The article also stated…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Memphis Publishing Co. v. NicholsTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- Miles v. PerryConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
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