Legal Opinion
Curran v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 1, 1988No. 1475, 1476PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CERCONE, Judge:
The action underlying this appeal is for defamation and is the result of an article published in The Philadelphia Inquirer (hereinafter “Inquirer”) on September 24, 1976. The Complaint was filed on October 4, 1976 by Robert E.J. Curran (hereinafter “Curran”), a former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. (hereinafter “PNI”), publisher of the Inquirer.
After filing an answer to the complaint, PNI filed a motion for summary judgment which was granted by the trial court on March 29, 1977. On appeal by Curran to this…
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