Legal Opinion
Bauer v. Ribaudo
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 23, 1996No. 69474PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Special Judge.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment against a petition which alleged the plaintiff was libeled by a defamatory political campaign commercial.
Thomas E. Bauer, the plaintiff, was a candidate for state representative in the August 2, 1994 Democratic primary for the 65th district in the city of St. Louis. Defendant/respondent Anthony D. Ribaudo was the incumbent.
Ribaudo and the other defendant/respondent, Roman Zegel Communications, Inc., produced a television commercial about Bauer. The commercial aired on several different channels. In the commercial, a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- ITT Commercial Finance Corp. v. Mid-America Marine Supply Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- Monitor Patriot Co. v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Nazeri v. Missouri Valley CollegeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- Thurston v. BallingerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Bauer v. RibaudoMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
- Sigafus v. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, L.L.C.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2003
- Westhouse v. BiondoMissouri Court of Appeals · 1999