Legal Opinion
Steaks Unlimited, Inc. v. Donna Deaner and Wtae-Tv4 and Hearst Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 4, 1980No. 79-1716PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the defendants in this diversity action presents a series of important questions dealing with the law of defamation. The initial substantive inquiry is whether, under Pennsylvania law, the plaintiff, a retail meat company, has sufficiently supported its allegations that it was defamed in order to survive a motion for summary judgment. Second, we must decide the more difficult constitutional question whether the plaintiff, for purposes of this litigation, is a public figure as a result of its intensive…
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