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CANTRELL v. FOREST CITY PUBLISHING CO.

No. 73-5520.

419 U.S. 245 (1974)

95 S.Ct. 465

42 L.Ed.2d 419

CANTRELL ET AL. v. FOREST CITY PUBLISHING CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 18, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Alan Sherman argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioners.

Smith Warder argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were John R. Coughlin and Mark L. Rosen.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

Margaret Cantrell and four of her minor children brought this diversity action in a Federal District Court for invasion of privacy against the Forest City Publishing Co., publisher of a Cleveland newspaper, the Plain Dealer, and against Joseph Eszterhas, a reporter formerly employed by the Plain Dealer, and Richard Conway, a Plain Dealer photographer. The Cantrells alleged that an article published in the Plain...

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