Legal Opinion
Embrey v. Holly
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 7, 1981No. 1106, September Term, 1980PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, C. J.
—Introduction—
A jury in the Baltimore City Court, presided over by Judge Martin B. Greenfeld, concluded that a "joke” by James Embrey, Jr., known professionally as "Johnny Walker” (Walker), was not funny. In fact, the jurors decided that the "joke” was libelous, and they awarded Dennis P. Holly, a then television news commentator in Baltimore-and the butt of Walker’s "joke,” $25,000 in compensatory damages, $5,000 punitive damages against Walker, and $35,000 punitive damages against Walker’s employer, Baltimore Radio Show, Inc., the operator of radio station WFBR. Perhaps the jury agreed with…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. BreslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. McKnightSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Embrey v. HollyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
- Laws v. ThompsonCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1989
- Mareck v. Johns Hopkins UniversityCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1984
- Sherrard v. HullCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1983
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