1955),[1] was a landmark libel decision in which Quentin Reynolds successfully sued right-wing columnist Westbrook Pegler, resulting in a then-record judgment of $175,001.

The case has its origins in a heated dispute between liberal journalist Heywood Broun and conservative Westbrook Pegler.

Pegler lashed out in a response entitled "On Heywood Broun and Quentin Reynolds" in the Hearst Corporation paper New York Journal American.

Pegler also accused Reynolds of cowardice, and said he had been exposed by people who had "peeled him of his mangy hide and nailed it to the barn door with the yellow streak glaring for the world to see".

[2] Reynolds v. Pegler inspired the 1963 Broadway play A Case of Libel by Henry Denker,[3] which was itself later adapted into two TV movies.