Legal Opinion
Pape v. Reither
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 26, 1996No. 68742PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUDLOWSKI, Judge.
David Pape (appellant) brought this defamation action against Christopher Reither (respondent), and the trial court dismissed the case for failure to state a claim. This case provides a worthy occasion for an exposition of the labyrinthine law of defamation. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed in part and reversed in part.
Factual and Procedural History
In the Spring of 1987, appellant worked as an architect for Rooney Properties, a construction firm which (along with various other companies and individuals) had been hired by respondent to design and build a new…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Henry v. HalliburtonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- Laun v. Union Electric Co. of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
- Brown v. KittermanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
- Lee v. W. E. Fuetterer Battery & Supplies Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1929
- Anton v. St. Louis Suburban Newspapers, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1980
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