Legal Opinion
Matassa v. Bel
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 4, 1964No. 46968PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff, John J. Matassa, a resident of the Sixth Ward of New Orleans and a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from that ward, alleging that as a result of a conspiracy to defeat him in his bid for election to the office of Constable of the First City Court of New Orleans, the defendants, Clyde F. Bel, Sr., the incumbent constable who was seeking rc-clection; his campaign manager, George Credo ; and the Times-Picayune Publishing Company,1 maliciously caused to be published in the Times-Picayune — a daily morning paper with a wide publication in New…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Madison v. BoltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
- Kennedy v. Item Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
- Matassa v. BelLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
3Cited by16 opinions
- Mashburn v. CollinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- Bienvenu v. AngelleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
- Cormier v. BlakeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Lemeshewsky v. DumaineLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- Frank Pape v. Time, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
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