Legal Opinion
G. Andrew Lawrence v. Frank E. Moss
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1981No. 79-1922PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity action for defamation and slander, the district court sustained defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the plaintiff was a public figure, who could recover only on a showing of actual malice, and that the record did not present any question of fact on the existence of actual malice. We reverse and remand for trial.
The case was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and transferred to the District of Utah pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). A United States district judge from the District of New…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hutchinson v. ProxmireSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- Harris v. TomczakDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1982
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