Gazette, Inc. v. Harris

Decided February 1, 1985. Richard Harding Poff wrote the opinion for the court.

325 S.E.2d 713 · Cited 242 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Fleming v. Moore · 275 S.E.2d 632
• Jacron Sales Co. v. Sindorf · 350 A.2d 688
• Smithey v. Sinclair Refining Co. · 203 Va. 142
• News Leader Co. v. Kocen · 173 Va. 95
• Stubbs v. Cowden · 179 Va. 190
• Newspaper Publishing Corp. v. Burke · 216 Va. 800
• Denny v. Mertz · 318 N.W.2d 141
• Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc. · 38 N.Y.2d 196
• Carwile v. Richmond Newspapers, Inc. · 196 Va. 1
• Hughes v. Moore · 214 Va. 27
• Shupe v. ROSE'S STORES, INCORPORATED · 192 S.E.2d 766
• Bishop v. Webster · 154 Va. 771
• Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc. · 330 N.E.2d 161
• Wheeler v. Green · 593 P.2d 777
• Taskett v. King Broadcasting Co. · 546 P.2d 81
• Troman v. Wood · 340 N.E.2d 292
• Peagler v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. · 560 P.2d 1216
• Marchiondo v. Brown · 649 P.2d 462
• United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp. · 194 Va. 872
• Madison v. Yunker · 589 P.2d 126
• M. Rosenberg & Sons, Inc. v. Craft · 182 Va. 512
• Colombo v. Times-Argus Ass'n, Inc. · 380 A.2d 80
• Bandelin v. Pietsch · 563 P.2d 395
• James v. Haymes · 160 Va. 253
• Preston v. Land · 255 S.E.2d 509

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• Kalantar v. Lufthansa German Airlines · 402 F. Supp. 2d 130
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• Brown v. Kelly Broadcasting Co. · 771 P.2d 406
• Journal-Gazette Co. v. Bandido's, Inc. · 712 N.E.2d 446
• Poulston v. Rock · 467 S.E.2d 479
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