Legal Opinion
Leonard Schultz v. Newsweek, Inc. And the Evening News Association
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 18, 1982No. 80-1090PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff appeals from summary judgment for both defendants in an action in which he sought damages for alleged defamation. The action was filed in a state court and removed to the district court on the basis of diversity of citizenship. All parties agree that the substantive law of Michigan is applicable and the plaintiff also contends that the Michigan rule pertaining to treatment of summary judgment motions should have been applied.
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In his complaint the plaintiff charged that he was libeled by a reference to him in the August 18,1975 issue of Newsweek as a…
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