Legal Opinion

Compuware Corp. v. Moody's Investors Services, Inc.

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided May 26, 2005No. 03-70247Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

FEIKENS, District Judge.

Defendant Moody’s Investors Services (Moody’s) moves for summary judgment on both the defamation and breach of contract counts brought by Plaintiff Compu-ware Corp. (Compuware). At my direction, Defendant’s motion is limited to the issue of whether Compuware can show the required element of actual malice, and for the purpose of this motion, I assume that Compuware can successfully show all other elements, including that the statements in dispute meet the legal requirements for falsity. Compuware argues that it can provide sufficient evidence of actual…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974

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