Legal Opinion
Leo Gibney v. Thomas Fitzgibbon
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 30, 2013No. 13-2351UnpublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Leo Gibney appeals pro se from the District Court’s order dismissing his complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). We will affirm.
I
The facts being well-known to the parties, we set forth only those pertinent to this appeal. Gibney filed a complaint for defamation against defendants Merck & Co., Inc. (“Merck”) and Thomas FitzGibbon (“FitzGibbon”), an in-house lawyer for Merck with the title “Legal Director.” The action was removed from the Court of Common Pleas for Montgomery County to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on the basis of diversity…
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