Legal Opinion
DeRoburt v. Gannett Co., Inc.
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided February 13, 1981No. Civ. 78-0375PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCLOSURE OF SOURCES
SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Hammer DeRoburt filed this suit against Gannett Company, Inc., and its subsidiary, Guam Publications, Inc., on October 2, 1978. Jurisdiction is premised on diversity of citizenship: Gannett is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in New York; Guam Publications is a Hawaii corporation with its principal place of business in Guam; DeRoburt is a citizen of Nauru. 1
Plaintiff alleges defendants have libeled him in two articles published in the Pacific Daily…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Mitchell v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
- Tavoulareas v. PiroDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1981
- Jamerson v. Anderson Newspapers, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1984
- Sprague v. WalterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Andrews v. Eli Lilly & Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
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