Legal Opinion
Pan Am Systems, Inc. v. Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 9, 2015No. 14-2118PPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Overview
Today’s appeal centers on a district judge’s decision kicking out this battle-scarred defamation case on summary judgment. By way of introduction, plaintiffs are David Andrew Fink, Pan Am Systems, Inc., and Springfield Terminal Railway Company. Fink is the former President and CEO of Pan Am, the parent corporation of Springfield. Defendants are Chal-mers Hardenbergh and Atlantic Northeast ■Rails & Ports, Inc. (“ANR & P,” for short). Hardenbergh is a writer and editor at ANR & P, a trade newsletter and e-bulletin covering the railroad industry. So defendants are…
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