Legal Opinion
Continental Nut Company v. Robert L. Berner Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 1968No. 16268_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Circuit Judge.
In Continental Nut Company v. Robert L. Berner Company, 7 Cir., 345 F.2d 395, this Court held that the plaintiff’s (Continental’s) complaint against Robert L. Berner Company and certain other defendants stated a cause of action in libel. We there held that the statements in the alleged publication, though not of a character which would constitute a libel per se, are of the type which may constitute a libel per quod, and that Continental sufficiently alleged special damages so that its complaint was not vulnerable on that score. We reversed the District Court’s dismissal…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Whitby v. Associates Discount Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1965
- Eick v. Perk Dog Food Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1952
- Erick Bowman Remedy Co. v. Jensen Salsbery Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Cook v. East Shore Newspapers, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1945
- Brewer v. Hearst Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Sunward Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- Linda S. Babb v. Paul Minder and Carter-Jones Lumber Company, an Ohio CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Alexander A. Simon, Jr., Cross-Appellee v. Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc., Michael W. Swofford, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- The Bendix Corporation and Sellew Corporation v. Balax, Inc. And John M. Van VleetCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Morris K. Oberman v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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