Legal Opinion
Fairbanks Publishing Company v. Pitka
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 22, 1962No. 165, 169PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIMOND, Justice.
Elizabeth Pitka brought this action against the Fairbanks Publishing Company and C. W. Snedden1 for defamation as a result of certain publications which appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, a newspaper owned and published by the Company at Fairbanks, Alaska.2 Before the case was submitted to the jury the court dismissed the action as to Snedden, and plaintiff has appealed claiming this was error. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $6,000 compensatory damages and $19,000 punitive damages, and the Company has appealed on the ground that erroneous…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Washington Post Co. v. ChalonerSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Berry v. MoenchUtah Supreme Court · 1958
- Hearne v. De YoungCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
- Fite v. Oklahoma Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
- Smith v. UtleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
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3Cited by22 opinions
- French v. Jadon, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1996
- Fernandes v. TenbruggencateHawaii Supreme Court · 1982
- Odom v. Fairbanks Memorial HospitalAlaska Supreme Court · 2000
- Alaska Statebank v. FaircoAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
- Fairbanks Publishing Company v. FranciscoAlaska Supreme Court · 1964
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