Legal Opinion
Polizzi v. Cowles Magazines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1952No. 13858PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Filed in the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida, against defendant, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Iowa, publisher of the national weekly magazine, “Look”, the suit was for libel-based on matter appearing in its issue of May 23, 1950, charging plaintiff with being a member of the Mafia, a criminal gang of great force and power.
Removed into the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, it was there dismissed under Sec. 1391(c), Title 28 U.S.C., for want of jurisdiction on the ground that defendant was not doing…
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- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Polizzi v. Cowles Magazines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Insull v. New York World-Telegram CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1959
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