|
|
Washington Post Co. v. Chaloner, 250 U.S. 290 (1919)
Contents:
Show Summary
Hide Summary
General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Washington Post Co. v. Chaloner, 250 U.S. 290 (1919)
Washington Post Company v. Chaloner No. 316 Argued April 22, 23, 1919 Decided June 2, 1919 250 U.S. 290
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Syllabus
A news statement that C shot and killed G while G was abusing his wife, who had taken refuge at C’s home held not libelous per se. P. 293.
A publication claimed to be defamatory must be read and construed in the sense in which the readers to whom it is addressed would ordinarily understand it. If it is capable of two meanings, one of which would be libelous and the other not, it is for the jury to say, under all the circumstances surrounding its publication, including extraneous facts admissible in evidence, which of the two meaning would be attributed to it by those to whom it is addressed or by whom it may be read. Id.
Irrelevant and scandalous matter may be stricken from the files of this Court. P. 294.
47 App.D.C. 66 reversed.
The case is stated in the opinion.
Contents:
Chicago:
U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Washington Post Co. v. Chaloner, 250 U.S. 290 (1919) in 250 U.S. 290 250 U.S. 291. Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VS7KJKZSRBTNDHG.
MLA:
U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Washington Post Co. v. Chaloner, 250 U.S. 290 (1919), in 250 U.S. 290, page 250 U.S. 291. Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VS7KJKZSRBTNDHG.
Harvard:
U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Washington Post Co. v. Chaloner, 250 U.S. 290 (1919). cited in 1919, 250 U.S. 290, pp.250 U.S. 291. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VS7KJKZSRBTNDHG.
|