Legal Opinion
Mills v. Kingsport Times-News
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided August 30, 1979No. Civ. A. 78-0012-BPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLEN M. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
I
Plaintiff, Levita Mills, originally filed this action in libel against the defendant, Kingsport Publishing Corporation (d/b/a Kingsport Times-News), in the Circuit Court of Wise County, Virginia, on December 30, 1977. The motion for judgment requested an award of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for compensatory damages and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for punitive damages. On January 27, 1978, defendant petitioned for removal to this federal court under the diversity statute. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Removal was allowed…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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