Legal Opinion
Lins v. Evening News Ass'n
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided October 10, 1983No. Docket 59113PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, J..Plaintiffs, Robert A. Lins and Otto E. Wendel, president and secretary-treasurer, re spectively, of Teamsters Local 299, brought suit against defendants, Evening News Association, publisher of The Detroit News, and Fred Girard, et al., for damages for libel. After lengthy discovery, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants under GCR 1963, 117.2, subds (1), (3). Plaintiffs appeal as a matter of right.
Plaintiffs’ claims arise from a newspaper column appearing in the March 6, 1977, Sunday edition of The Detroit News. The column was written by defendant Fred…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
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