Legal Opinion
Spence v. Funk
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided December 21, 1978PublishedCited by 318 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Justice:
The issue in this appeal is whether a complaint alleging libel is sufficient to withstand a motion to dismiss based upon failure to plead special damages. In a broader sense, the appeal requires an examination of the law of defamation in Delaware.
Plaintiff brought suit in Superior Court alleging that he was libeled in an article written by one of the individual defendants, Allison J. Funk, and printed in a magazine published by the corporate defendant, Communications Consultants, Inc. The Court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Klein v. Sunbeam Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1952
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