Legal Opinion
DeRoburt v. Gannett Co.
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided August 31, 1979No. Civ. No. 78-0375PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.
This action involves an international defamation suit brought by Hammer DeRo-burt, the President of Nauru,1 against Gan-nett Co., Inc. [hereinafter “Gannett”], one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States, and one of its subsidiaries, Guam Publications, Inc., for an article printed in the Pacific Daily News. Gannett is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in New York; Guam Publications is incorporated in Hawaii and has its principal place of business in Guam; Hammer…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Shaffer v. HeitnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Jenkins v. Whittaker Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Telnikoff v. MatusevitchCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
- Brophy v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- DeRoburt v. Gannett Co., Inc.District Court, D. Hawaii · 1981
- Desai v. HershDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1989
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