Legal Opinion
Johnson Publishing Co. v. Davis
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 18, 1960No. 3 Div. 877PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAKELY, Justice.
This is a suit for damages brought by Edward Davis (appellee) against Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., a corporation (appellant), for a libel allegedly published by the defendant in its magazine or publication entitled Jet in the issue of September i 18, 1958. There was verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $67,500. This appeal followed.
This litigation is the result of a series of events that befell Edward Davis (appellee) a Negro school teacher, age 28, a football and basket ball coach at Lovelace Junior High School in Montgomery, Alabama. He teaches…
2Cases cited58 opinions
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- Airheart v. GreenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
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3Cited by69 opinions
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