Stationers Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.

Stationers Corporation and two of its officers, Lillian Boyd and Omar Boyd, Jr., filed a complaint for “Defamation of Business, Libel and Negligence” against Dun *415& Bradstreet, a mercantile agency corporation, and one of its employees. Defendants made a motion for summary judgment under section 437c of the Code of Civil Procedure1 and filed three declarations in support of the motion. Plaintiffs filed two in opposition.2 The trial court granted the motion on the ground that no issue of material fact existed, the uncontroverted facts contained in the declarations having established a complete…