Nuline Industries, Inc. v. Media General, Inc.

By Judge William H. Ledbetter, Jr.

This case is before the court on the defendant’s demurrer to an amended motion for judgment filed by the plaintiff after a similar demurrer to its original motion for judgment was sustained.

The pertinent facts are not disputed. They are set out with considerable particularity in counsel’s memoranda and detailed in the court’s opinion letter of February 7, 1994. Nevertheless, it would be helpful to repeat here some of the material facts of the case.

Of course, since the case is before the court on demurrer, the facts are those alleged in the pleadings. The…