Legal Opinion
Hollander v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 7, 1974No. Civ. A. 71-1043-MPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion and Order
JAMES R. MILLER, Jr., District Judge.
This is a suit for libel and slander brought by Ronald B. Hollander, trading as the King George Motel in Annapolis, Maryland, against Pan American World Airways, Inc. (Pan Am). Jurisdiction is asserted on the basis of diversity of citizenship. The suit is based upon a letter written by one Morton Young, senior manager of Pan Am’s public relations department at the time, to the motel and to “King George's College” and to the Annapolis Chamber of Commerce, complaining about the treatment his wife received when she and a companion…
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