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Finegan v. Dunn

Supreme Court of Ohio
Jun 30, 1943
142 Ohio St. 89 (Ohio 1943)

Opinion

No. 29603

Decided June 30, 1943.

Supreme Court — Dismissal — No debatable constitutional question involved — Libel and slander — Criticism of public official defamatory per se, when — Innuendo renders words defamatory per se, when — Right of free speech — Hearing on merits not denied, when — Due process — Suspension of laws — Sections 11, 16 and 18, Article I, Constitution.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals of Lorain county.

Messrs. Adams Adams, for appellant.

Mr. R.H. Rice and Mr. Ronald O. Dunn, for appellee.


It is ordered and adjudged that this appeal as of right be, and the same hereby is, dismissed for the reason that no debatable constitutional question is involved.

Appeal dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., MATTHIAS, HART, ZIMMERMAN, BELL and TURNER, JJ., concur.

WILLIAMS, J., not participating.


Summaries of

Finegan v. Dunn

Supreme Court of Ohio
Jun 30, 1943
142 Ohio St. 89 (Ohio 1943)
Case details for

Finegan v. Dunn

Case Details

Full title:FINEGAN, APPELLANT v. DUNN, APPELLEE

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Jun 30, 1943

Citations

142 Ohio St. 89 (Ohio 1943)
49 N.E.2d 952

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