Legal Opinion

Melvin M. Belli v. Orlando Daily Newspapers, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 16, 1968No. 23623Published

1Opinion of the Court

389 F.2d 579

Melvin M. BELLI, Appellant,

v.

ORLANDO DAILY NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., Appellees.

No. 23623.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 28, 1967.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1968.

Paul A. Louis, Bertha Claire Lee, Murray Sams, Jr., Miami, Fla., J. P. Tonkoff, Yakima, Wash., for appellant.

Richard W. Bates, Joseph P. Baker, George T. Eidson, Jr., Robert Dyer, Orlando, Fla., for appellees.

Before WISDOM and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

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This action for damages for libel and slander is based on a false statement relating to Mr. Melvin…

Also in this document: Per curiam.

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Pollard v. LyonSupreme Court of the United States · 1876

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