Legal Opinion
Altoona Clay Products, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 27, 1965No. Civ. A. No. 63-734PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBER, District Judge.
In this diversity action for libel the Court had previously held that the false report of the entry of a judgment against plaintiff corporation supplied to certain inquiring subscribers of defendant’s mercantile credit reporting system was not libel per se, and required *420proof of special damages. (37 F.R.D. 460). The defendant had also moved for summary judgment on the ground that items of special damages were not specifically pleaded in the complaint as required by Rule 9(g) of the Fed. R. of Civ. P., and by the substantive law of Pennsylvania, which required the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Leif M. Hanson v. Ford Motor Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- Bogash v. ElkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Smail v. FlockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Osterling v. FrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Beverly Enterprises, Inc. Donald L. Dotson v. Rosemary Trump Service Employees International Union Local 585Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Fogel v. Forbes, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- Clemente v. EspinosaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
- Grove v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Altoona Clay Products, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
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