Legal Opinion
McClain v. Arnold
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided September 4, 1980No. 21284PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ness, Justice:
This appeal is from an order granting summary judgment to respondent Multimedia, Inc. in a defamation action instituted by appellant L. B. McClain. We affirm.
On October 3rd, 1978,'Multimedia published an article in its ’Greenville-Piedmont Newspaper relating to a suit for false arrest instituted by Ligón Arnold against Ingles Market Store and appellant. The article set forth the allegations of the complaint, referring specifically to appellant as the agent of Ingles who had arrested Arnold. Subsequently, it was discovered another person had made the arrest, the complaint was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Time, Inc. v. FirestoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rawlins v. Hutchinson Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1975
- McCarney v. Des Moines Register & Tribune Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1976
- State v. CrenshawSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1980
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Goodwin v. KennedyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001
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