Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. Philadelphia Record Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 27, 1942No. 7799-7801PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Circuit Judge.
In each of these cases the defendants filed and the court below granted motions to dismiss the complaints. The appeals are from these orders. The complaints are substantially the same and endeavor to state causes of action in libel based upon publications of the same syndicated article. 1 The question for our determination is whether the complaints do state causes of action.
Each of the complaints alleges that the plaintiff was and is a Congressman and ■attorney-at-law, a member of the Ohio Bar, and that the publication of the article set out in the footnote was intended…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Briggs v. GarrettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Neeb v. HopeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Sweeney v. Schenectady Union Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Bennet v. . Commercial Advertiser Assn.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Mengel v. Reading Eagle Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Rybas v. WapnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- MacElree v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Sweeney v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Fram v. Yellow Cab Company of PittsburghDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- Life Printing & Publishing Co. v. FieldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1944
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