Legal Opinion
John Paul Anderson v. Stanco Sports Library, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1976No. 75-2031PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
John Paul Anderson sued Stanco Sports Library, Inc., publisher of Detective Cases magazine, for malicious libel. He has appealed the district court’s entry of summary judgment for the defendant. We affirm.
I
In December 1965 Anderson was convicted of the murder of his wife and was sentenced to life imprisonment. His trial in Charleston County, South Carolina, lasted for over a week and was reported by the local newspapers. Eventually, a transcript of the proceeding was published in five volumes.
Apparently based on these newspaper accounts and the transcript, Stanco’s…
2Cases cited8 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
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Fendler v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1981
- Williams v. WCAU-TVDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
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