Legal Opinion
Robert A. Maheu, and v. Hughes Tool Company, a Corporation, Now Known as Summa Corporation, Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellant And
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1978No. 75-1306, 75-2353PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
This is a diversity action for defamation brought by Robert A. Maheu against Hughes Tool Company, now named Summa Corporation (“Summa”). The defamatory statement was made by Howard Hughes, sole owner of Summa.
I. Preliminary Observations.
As it comes to us, the case is unusual in several respects. First, the record is immense. The Clerk’s record of court papers (other than exhibits) consists of thirty-two volumes containing 8,545 pages and two supplemental volumes containing 505 pages. There are 92 volumes of reporter’s trial transcript, containing 15,472 pages. There are…
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