Legal Opinion
Venn v. Tennessean Newspapers, Inc.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided January 8, 1962No. Civ. 2469PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, Chief Judge.
This action was brought by plaintiff, a citizen and resident of Miami, Florida, to recover compensatory and punitive damages on account of the publication by defendant, a Tennessee corporation, of certain allegedly libelous newspaper articles.
Jurisdictional prerequisites are satisfied by the diversity of citizenship of the parties and the requisite jurisdictional amount. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332.
By agreement of the parties the case was tried to the Court without a jury.
At the time of the publication of the articles upon which the suit is predicated, and for a number…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Harrison v. Remington Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Smith v. McNealSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Fry v. McCord Bros.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1895
- Shaw v. MoonOregon Supreme Court · 1926
- Wsaz, Inc. v. Gerald Lyons, Wsaz, Inc. v. Calvin GearhartCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Cianci v. New Times Publishing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Victoria Price Street v. National Broadcasting Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- McGee v. JacobsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2007
- Electric Furnace Corporation, Cross-Plaintiff-Appellee v. Deering Milliken Research Corporation, Cross-Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
- Robert G. Venn v. Tennessean Newspapers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
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