Legal Opinion
Brogan v. Passaic Daily News
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 25, 1956PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ouphant, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, Law Division, in a libel action entered on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the *145defendants for $1,000 in compensatory damages for libelous statements published by the defendants, and of no cause of action in favor of the defendants and against the plaintiff for punitive damages. We certified the case here on our own motion.
The defendant Passaic Daily News owns and publishes The Passaic-Herald News.
The libel action was based upon a publication made in the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sanford v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Steen v. First Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924
- O'NEILL v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1948
- Pihl v. MorrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Bank Line v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1948
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- Suchit v. BaxtNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1980
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