Legal Opinion

Pickford v. Talbott

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 7, 1912No. 512PublishedCited by 59 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF'APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The facts, which involve.an attempt to restrain in an action in equity the enforcement of a judgment obtained on the law side of the court against complainant in an action for libel, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney

This was an equity action, brought by the appellants against the appellee and others, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, to obtain an injunction restraining the enforcement of a judgment theretofore recovered by the appellee against the appellants in an action for libel. That action was on the law side of the Supreme Court of the District, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for, $8,500 damages, which on review was affirmed by the Court of Appeals (28 App; D. C. 498) and by this court (211 U. S. 199).

The present action was commenced after the final af-firmance nf the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Marine Ins. Co. of Alexandria v. HodgsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
  2. Hendrickson v. HinckleySupreme Court of the United States · 1855
  3. Lansing v. EddyNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
  4. Pickford v. TalbottSupreme Court of the United States · 1908

3Cited by59 opinions

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  2. United States v. BeggerlySupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. National Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  4. Sutter v. EasterlySupreme Court of Missouri · 1945
  5. United States v. Estate of StonehillCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011

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