Legal Opinion
Givens v. Quinn
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided March 24, 1994No. 93-0737-CV-W-1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WHIPPLE, District Judge.
Defendant 1 Jane Bryant Quinn asks this court to dismiss the first amended complaint. The court will deny the motion to dismiss the first amended complaint, but will dismiss the first count in the complaint for the reasons stated below.
I. Background
Plaintiff Charles J. Givens is a resident of Florida who sells financial advice through books and seminars. Quinn is a resident of New York who gives financial advice in her books, magazine articles and a a nationally syndicated newspaper column. An article attached to the first amended complaint notes Quinn’s newspaper…
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