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CUT ILL-ADVISED, TACTLESS NEW YORK, July 2G. Under American law you can say a tiling is “lousy” with impunity. Tho Shubert brothers sued tho magazine ‘ Life,’ claiming £30,000 for characterising their theatrical productions as “ lousy.” Tho Supremo Court decided that the expression was an “ ill-advised and tactless attempt at humour," Ini. net libellous, [.Mr Lee Slniberi' and his younger brotiier, Jacob, have been theatrical producers for many years, and control many theatres in Now York and other cities in ;fcho .United States.]
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Evening Star, Issue 20862, 4 August 1931, Page 7
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84HOT LIBELLOUS Evening Star, Issue 20862, 4 August 1931, Page 7
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