Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Moore
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided September 3, 2004No. 03-74313PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND TO DISMISS
BORMAN, District Judge.
Presently before the Court is Defendant Michael Moore’s Motion for Summary Judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 (Counts I-IX), and his Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(c) (Count X).
Plaintiff James Nichols Complaint, filed on October 27, 2003, contains the following counts:
Count I Libel Per Se (based upon Defendant’s film, “Bowling for Columbine” (“the Film”))
Count II Libel Per Se (based upon Defendant’s…
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