Legal Opinion
Castellani & Cocoran v. The Scranton Times
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 26, 2017No. Castellani & Cocoran v. The Scranton Times No. 1145 MDA 2012PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
BOWES, J.:
This case is on remand from our Supreme Court. 1 In the prior panel decision, we set forth the procedural and factual history of this matter. 2 In order to avoid duplication of judicial resources while maintaining a cogent narrative, we repeat the salient facts.
The present appeal by permission is from two interlocutory pretrial orders entered in this consolidated defamation action. On January 7, 2005, Randall A. Cas-tellani and Joseph J. Corcoran (collectively the “Commissioners”) filed this defamation lawsuit against Appellants, The Scranton Times, L.P. and one of its…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. HeppsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Weaver v. Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Stevenson v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Castellani, R., Aplts. v. Scranton TimesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
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