John Pittman & Iddo Pittman, Jr. v. Dow Jones & Co., Inc., D/B/A the Wall Street Journal, 834 F.2d 1171 (5th Cir. 1987). · Go Syfert
John Pittman & Iddo Pittman, Jr. v. Dow Jones & Co., Inc., D/B/A the Wall Street Journal, 834 F.2d 1171 (5th Cir. 1987). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
“newspaper has no duty, whether by way of tort or contract, to investigate the accuracy of advertisements placed with it which are directed to the general public, unless the newspaper undertakes to guarantee the soundness of the products advertised.”
126 citation events (21 in the last 25 years) across 21 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Thomas v. St. Martin Parish School Board (lawd, 2012-07-12) · Strongest negative: Alliance Chapter, Nat. Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) v. City of Alliance School Bd. (ca6, 1989-08-31)
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Top citers, strongest first. 36 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited "but see" Alliance Chapter, Nat. Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) v. City of Alliance School Bd.
6th Cir. · 1989 · signal: but see · confidence high
But see United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171 (5th Cir.1987). 9 In all events, we are fully satisfied that it was not an abuse of his discretion for the trial judge to deny the request to extend the Decree under the circumstances before him, nor were the facts presented to him on behalf of the plaintiffs sufficient to impose a duty on his part to entertain an evidentiary hearing before exercising that discretion.
examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Thomas v. St. Martin Parish School Board (4×) also: Cited as authority (rule), Cited "see, e.g."
W.D. La. · 2012 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
attaining unitary status, however, means that a school board is free to act without federal supervision so long as the board does not purposefully discriminate; only intentional discrimination violates the constitution.
discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) United States v. Midland Indep Sch
5th Cir. · 2002 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
unitary status can be achieved in an incremental fashion.
examined Cited as authority (quoted) Birmingham v. Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
Haw. · 1992 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
newspaper has no duty, whether by way of tort or contract, to investigate the accuracy of advertisements placed with it which are directed to the general public, unless the newspaper undertakes to guarantee the soundness of the products advertised.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) U.S. Bank National Ass'n v. Safeguard Insurance
N.D. Tex. · 2006 · confidence medium
See Int’l Bhd. of Teamsters v. United States, 431 U.S. 324 , 359 n. 45, 97 S.Ct. 1843 , 52 L.Ed.2d 396 (1977) (“Presumptions shifting the burden of proof are often created to reflect judicial evaluations of probabilities and to conform with a party’s superior access to the proof.”); United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1176 (5th Cir.1987) (“[T]he party with superior knowledge of the facts is better able to prove its intent, and superior access to *707 proof is a common justification for allocating the burden of proof.”).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Tasby v. Moses
N.D. Tex. · 2003 · confidence medium
In Flax v. Potts, 915 F.2d 155 (1990) the Circuit reiterated the principle that court-ordered desegregation plans were designed to remedy constitutional violations; District Courts should, therefore, weigh school districts’ compliance with court orders in the light of the original constitutional violation. “[T]o continue supervision once the [constitutional] wrong is righted, ... ‘effectively changes the constitutional measure of the wrong itself: it transposes the dictates of the remedy for the dictates of the constitution.’” Id. at 159 , quoting U.S. v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1176…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Little Rock Sch. Dist. v. PULASKI CTY. SPEC. SCH.
E.D. Ark. · 2002 · confidence medium
LRSD filed a Response to the October 3, 2001 Order (docket no. 3517) objecting "to being forced to select from the two options offered by the Court." Subsequently, LRSD advised Judge Wright that, without waiving its objections, it selected "Option 2." Therefore, any evidence of LRSD's "compliance activities" that took place after March 15, 2001, cannot be considered in deciding the question of unitary status. [66] Part of Joshua's argument that LRSD had failed to substantially comply with its obligation to improve the academic achievement of African-American students included the contention th…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
W.D.N.C. · 1999 · confidence medium
Id. (citing United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1175 (5th Cir.1987); Riddick v. School Bd., 784 F.2d 521 , 533-34 (4th Cir.1986); Vaughns v. Board of Educ., 758 F.2d 983 , 988 (4th Cir.1985)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) DeKalb County School District v. Schrenko
11th Cir. · 1997 · confidence medium
United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1177 (5th Cir.1987).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Doddy v. Oxy USA, Inc.
5th Cir. · 1996 · confidence medium
See Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 396-98 (5th Cir.1986) (en banc), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1022 , 106 S.Ct. 3339 , 92 L.Ed.2d 743 (1986) (stating that our task under Erie is to apply existing state law, not to adopt innovative theories for the state); Pittman v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., 834 F.2d 1171, 1171 (5th Cir.1987) (“[W]e are not free to fashion new theories of recovery under Louisiana law.”).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 44,491 Clara Alexander v. Robin Britt, and David T. Flaherty
4th Cir. · 1996 · confidence medium
Moreover, in two of them, United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1174 (5th Cir.1987), and South v. Rowe, 759 F.2d 610, 613 (7th Cir.1985), the courts held only that a sunset provision could effectively restrict federal jurisdiction, not that such a provision required a court to retain jurisdiction.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Alexander v. Britt
4th Cir. · 1996 · confidence medium
Moreover, in two of them, United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1174 (5th Cir. 1987), and South v. Rowe, 759 F.2d 610, 613 (7th Cir. 1985), the courts held only that a sunset provision could effectively restrict fed- eral jurisdiction, not that such a provision required a court to retain juris- diction.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Brown v. Board Of Education Of Topeka
10th Cir. · 1993 · confidence medium
Dowell, 498 U.S. at ----, 111 S.Ct. at 638 ; United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1175-76 (5th Cir.1987).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
10th Cir. · 1992 · confidence medium
Dowell , 498 U.S. at —, 111 S.Ct. at 638 ; United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1175-76 (5th Cir.1987).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Lee v. Talladega County Board of Education
11th Cir. · 1992 · confidence medium
Schs. v. Dowell, — U.S. —, —, 111 S.Ct. 630, 637 , 112 L.Ed.2d 715 (1991); United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1174 (5th Cir.1987).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Lee v. Talladega County Board of Education
11th Cir. · 1992 · confidence medium
Schs. v. Dowell, --- U.S. ----, ----, 111 S.Ct. 630, 637 , 112 L.Ed.2d 715 (1991); United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1174 (5th Cir.1987). 11 Injunctive decrees in school desegregation cases were never intended to operate in perpetuity.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) American Waste & Pollution Control Company v. Browning-Ferris, Inc. (2×)
5th Cir. · 1992 · confidence medium
In addition, “[w]hen making an AWe-guess in the absence of explicit guidance from the state courts, we must attempt to predict state law, not to create or modify it.” United Parcel Serv., Inc. v. Weben Indus., Inc., 794 F.2d 1005, 1008 (5th Cir.1986) (citing Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 781 F.2d 394, 396-98 (5th Cir.1986) (en banc)). “[W]e are not free to fashion new theories of recovery under Louisiana law.” Pittman v. Dow Jones & Co., 834 F.2d 1171, 1171 (5th Cir.1987).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Dowell v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF OKLAHOMA CITY PUB. S.
W.D. Okla. · 1992 · confidence medium
Corp., 429 U.S. 252, 265 , 97 S.Ct. 555, 563 , 50 L.Ed.2d 450 (1977); Washington v. Davis, 426 U.S. 229, 239, 240 , 96 S.Ct. 2040, 2047, 2048 , 48 L.Ed.2d 597 (1976); United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1175 (5th Cir.1987); Riddick v. School Bd., 784 F.2d 521 , 538-539 (4th Cir.1986). 3 .
examined Cited as authority (rule) Samantha Price, Etc., Brandon McMurthy Etc. v. Austin Independent School District (8×) also: Cited "see", Cited "see, e.g."
5th Cir. · 1991 · confidence medium
United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1177-78 (5th Cir.1987), aff'g 671 F.Supp. 484 (W.D.Tex.1987). 12 After the case returned to the district court, nearly two years of discovery and pre-trial proceedings ensued.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Arlene Flax, Etc. v. W.S. Potts, Fort Worth Independent School District, a Corporation
5th Cir. · 1990 · confidence medium
In Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1177 (1987), we agreed with the First Circuit’s conclusion in Morgan, 831 F.2d 313 (1987), that a school system can achieve unitary status incrementally and that, when it does so, the court will abdicate its supervisory role as to the aspect of the desegregation plan proclaimed unitary.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Brown v. Board Of Education Of Topeka
10th Cir. · 1990 · confidence medium
Landry Parish School Bd., 848 F.2d 625, 632 (5th Cir.1988) (footnotes omitted); accord Morgan, 831 F.2d at 325 ("Both the Supreme Court and this court have repeatedly stated that a judicially imposed desegregation remedy goes too far if it attempts to engineer some sort of idealized racial balance in the schools."); Flax v. Potts, 864 F.2d 1157, 1160 (5th Cir.1989) ("There is no constitutional mandate that each school in the school district reflect the racial composition of the school district as a whole."); Pitts v. Freeman, 755 F.2d 1423, 1427 (11th Cir.1985) ("We do not hold, however, that …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Brown v. Board of Education
10th Cir. · 1989 · confidence medium
When the constitutional violation is purposeful separation of the races caused by school officials in student and faculty/staff assignment, “[t]he mix that would have occurred but for the racism is a judicially created hypothetical.” United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1176 (5th Cir.1987).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Dowell v. Board of Education of the Oklahoma City Public Schools (3×) also: Cited "see"
10th Cir. · 1989 · confidence medium
Overton, 834 F.2d at 1175 (footnote omitted).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Dowell v. Oklahoma City Public Schools (3×) also: Cited "see"
10th Cir. · 1989 · confidence medium
As we have said, a school district is released from the consequences of its past misdeeds when it eliminates the vestiges of a segregated system and achieves a true unitary system. 141 Overton, 834 F.2d at 1175 (footnote omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. State of La.
E.D. La. · 1988 · confidence medium
VI, Nonadmission and Nondetermination, at 20. [16] See United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1174, 1176 (5th Cir.1987); United States v. Lawrence County School District, 799 F.2d 1031, 1037 (5th Cir.1986). [17] Lawrence County, 799 F.2d at 1037 & n. 5. [18] See Overton, 834 F.2d at 1174 . [19] United States v. Marion County School District, 625 F.2d 607, 611-13 (5th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 910 , 101 S.Ct. 1980 , 68 L.Ed.2d 298 (1981); Civil Rights Act of 1964, tit.
discussed Cited "see" Cook v. Ramsey 1 Unit
S.D. Tex. · 2025 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1174-77 (Sth Cir. 1987) (a consent decree requiring the Austin ISD to be unitary was no longer enforceable once the district court dismissed the case); see also Thorpe v. Va. Dep’t of Corr., No. 2:20-cv-00007, 2021 WL 2435868 , at *3 (W.D.
cited Cited "see" Pro-Life Mississippi v. Horton
S.D. Miss. · 2019 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1174 (5th Cir. 1987).
cited Cited "see" Pro-Life Mississippi v. Horton
S.D. Miss. · 2019 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1174 (5th Cir. 1987).
discussed Cited "see" Thomas Ex Rel. D.M.T. v. School Board St. Martin Parish
5th Cir. · 2014 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1173-74 (5th Cir.1987) (consent decree provided for supervision of school district for three years, at which point the district would be declared unitary and the case dismissed; at the end of three years, the district court entered an order dismissing the case); Riddick ex rel.
cited Cited "see" Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1
E.D. Ark. · 2002 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1175 (5th Cir.1987), and Vaughns v. Board of Education of Prince George's County, 758 F.2d 983, 988 (4th Cir.1985). .
discussed Cited "see" Coalition to Save Our Children v. Buchanan
D. Del. · 1990 · signal: accord · confidence high
Morgan v. Nucci, 831 F.2d 313, 319-26 (1st Cir.1987) (Court of Appeals vacated district court’s student reassignment order and remanded for a determination of whether the school district was unitary with regard to student assignments); accord United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171 , 1177 (5th Cir.1987); but see Pitts v. Freeman, 887 F.2d 1438 , 1446 (11th Cir.1989), petition for cert. filed, 58 U.S.L.W. 3536 (U.S. February 12, 1990) (No. 89-1290) (rejecting Morgan’s ruling that unitary status may be achieved incrementally).
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Louisiana (2×)
E.D. La. · 1988 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1174, 1176 (5th Cir.1987); United States v. Lawrence County School District, 799 F.2d 1031, 1037 (5th Cir.1986). .
discussed Cited "see, e.g." M. Moore v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board (2×)
5th Cir. · 2019 · signal: see also · confidence low
Flax , 915 F.2d at 163 ; see also United States v. Overton , 834 F.2d 1171 , 1177 & n.20 (5th Cir. 1987) (noting that the Austin school district had been subject to a three-year Youngblood period in rejecting an attempt to reopen that desegregation case). 2 And the circuit that we followed when adopting the incremental approach to unitary status, Morgan v. Nucci , 831 F.2d 313 (1st Cir. 1987), cited in Flax , 915 F.2d at 158 , later approved use of a Youngblood probationary period before the district court ended oversight of teacher assignments in Boston schools, Morgan v. Burke , 926 F.2d 86 …
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Big Time Worldwide Concert & Sport Club at Town Center, LLC v. Marriott International, Inc.
E.D. Mich. · 2003 · signal: see also · confidence medium
Furthermore, “[a] preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy which should be granted only if the movant carries his or her burden of proving that the circumstances clearly demand it.” Overstreet, 305 F.3d at 573 (emphasis added) (citing Leary, 228 F.3d at 739 ); see also United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171, 1177 (5th Cir.1987) (“a preliminary injunction is a drastic remedy for which the movant has a heavy burden.” (emphasis added)).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell (2×)
SCOTUS · 1991 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence medium
See, e. g., United States v. Overton, 834 F. 2d 1171, 1175 (CA5 1987); Riddick v. School Bd. of Norfolk, supra, at 533-534; Vaughns v. Board of Education of Prince George's Cty., 758 F. 2d 983, 988 (CA4 1985).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Marilyn Marie Monteilh v. St. Landry Parish School Board
5th Cir. · 1988 · signal: see also · confidence low
See id. at 1037-38 ; Ross v. Houston Independent School District, 699 F.2d 218, 227 (5th Cir.1983); Youngblood v. Board of Public Instruction, 448 F.2d 770 , 771 (5th Cir.1971) (per curiam); see also United States v. Overton, 834 F.2d 1171 , 1175 n. 12 (5th Cir.1987) (describing the Youngblood procedures). 8 .
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John PITTMAN and Iddo Pittman, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC., D/B/A the Wall Street Journal, Defendant-Appellee
87-3548.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Dec 9, 1987.
834 F.2d 1171
Iddo Pittman, Jr., Tom H. Matheny, Pittman & Matheny, Hammond, La., for plaintiffs-appellants., Jack M. Weiss, Mary Louise Strong, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.
Rubin, Randall, Jolly.
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PER CURIAM:

The district court’s order and reasons in this case, 662 F.Supp. 921 (E.D.La.1987), were sensitive to the court’s role as an Erie court. Finding no support in the Louisiana law for the plaintiffs’ theories of recovery in tort or in contract, the district court dismissed the plaintiffs’ case. The plaintiffs’ appellate brief cites no new authority, but simply urges us as a matter of public policy to place the responsibility for the plaintiffs’ loss on The Wall Street Journal. Even if we agreed with the plaintiffs’ policy arguments, which we do not, we are not free to fashion new theories of recovery under Louisiana law.

The judgment of the district court is affirmed on the basis of that court’s opinion.