Legal Opinion
Dall v. Time, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 17, 1937PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDore, J.
Plaintiff sued upon the following allegedly libelous publication in defendant’s weekly news-magazine Time:
“ Foreign News “ France
“ Son-in-Law
“ ‘ Yesterday Curtis B. Dall, son-in-law of President Roosevelt, shot himself in the White House in the presence of his estranged wife and Mrs. Roosevelt. He died later in the day.’ ”
The above statements were in quotation marks. Immediately thereafter was the following, which was not quoted: “ If such an event were so briefly reported in the U. S. Press, neither readers nor publishers would be satisfied. Yet almost an exact parallel of that tragedy…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Moore v. . FrancisNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Corrigan v. . Bobbs-Merrill Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Triggs v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Morrison v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- S. W. Scott & Co. v. ScottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Larry Esco Middlebrooks v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Dahl v. Columbia Pictures Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1957
- Ross v. Macfadden Publications, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1940
- Meaney v. Loew's Hotels, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968
- Baksi v. WallmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1946
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