Drakeford v. Dixie Home Stores

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• implying that slanderous per se is synonymous with actionable per se, and declaring that words not actionable by their plain and ordinary meaning cannot be made so by innuendo
• implying that slanderous per se is synonymous with actionable per se, and declaring that words not actionable by their plain and ordinary meaning cannot be made so by innuendo

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Holtzscheiter v. Thomson Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-09-22· cited 75×
• Mains v. K Mart Corp.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1988-12-01· cited 13×
• Costas v. Florence Printing Co.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1961-03-06· cited 13×
• Smith v. Phoenix Furniture Company
  D. South Carolina· 1972-03-21· cited 8×
• Miller v. British America Assurance Co.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1961-04-10· cited 7×
• Elder v. Gaffney Ledger, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-01-04· cited 6×
• Porter v. News and Courier Co.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1960-08-08· cited 6×
• Frederick v. Standard Warehouse Co.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1961-10-30· cited 5×
• Matthews v. U. S. Rubber Co.
  E.D. South Carolina· 1963-07-23· cited 3×
• Appliance Buyers Credit Corp. v. Baxley
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1962-08-20· cited 2×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Simonds v. Simonds
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1956-05-22· cited 25×
• Richardson v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1952-01-09· cited 16×
• Timmons v. THE NEWS & PRESS, INC.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1958-04-18· cited 10×