Neff v. World Publishing Co.

REGISTER, District Judge.

This is an appeal from judgment sustaining defendants’ motions for summary judgment.

For purposes of brevity and clarity, the parties will be referred to hereinafter as follows: Appellant-plaintiff will be called Neff; World Publishing Company, now known as Herald Liquidating Company, will be called World; W. Dale Clark, Clark; Peter Kiewit, Kiewit; and Peter Kiewit Sons’ Co., a Corporation, and World Publishing Company, a Delaware Corporation, Kiewit Companies.

Jurisdiction is established by reason of diversity of citizenship and the amount in controversy.

In essence,…