Legal Opinion
Butts v. Curtis Publishing Company
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided January 14, 1964No. Civ. A. 8311PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, District Judge.
The jury in this libel action returned a verdict for general damages against the defendant in the sum of $60,000.00 and for punitive damages in the sum of $3,000,000.00.
The defendant moves, under Rule 59 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., to set aside the verdict for damages principally upon the ground of excessiveness, as set out in Ground 1 of the defendant’s motion. Apart from defendant’s contention that the verdict is excessive, the defendant sets out 23 other grounds in its motion for a new trial (Ground 5 of defendant’s motion having been…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Virginian Ry. Co. v. ArmentroutCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- Quentin Reynolds v. Westbrook Pegler, the Hearst Corporation and Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Reynolds v. PeglerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
- Faulk v. Aware, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
- Sunray Oil Corporation v. G. T. AllbrittonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Doris R. Edwards, Etc., Cross-Appellant v. Sears, Roebuck and Company, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Curtis Publishing Company v. Wallace Butts, Wallace Butts v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Fletcher Altman Smith, and Marguerite Elizabeth Smith v. Don Heath, and Jack RohtertCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Fannie Mae Ross v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Levesque v. DoocyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
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