Loeb v. Globe Newspaper Co.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ZOBEL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in these cases are the publisher (Loeb v. Globe Newspaper Co., CA72-0897), editors (Bucknam v. Globe Newspaper Co. CA72-1029), and other employees (Adams, et al. v. Globe Newspaper Co. CA72-1028) of the Manchester (New Hampshire) Union Leader, a daily newspaper. They claim that the Boston Globe, another daily newspaper, “maligned” and “defamed” them in its editorials and in a syndicated column. The cases are before the court on defendant’s motions for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In each of…