Legal Opinion

Havalunch, Inc. v. Mazza

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided July 8, 1982No. 14900PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEELY, Justice:

In 1973 Mary Mazza was a student at West Virginia University where one of her extra curricular activities was to serve as a paid newswriter for the Daily Athenaeum, which is the University sponsored, student newspaper. Miss Mazza was assigned to write a tongue-in-cheek, humorous review of Morgantown restaurants.

In the course of executing this assignment Miss Mazza visited the Havalunch, a Morgantown restaurant cum diner which served the university community as well as the public in general. This was Miss Maz-za’s first visit to the Havalunch and the record shows she harbored no…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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  2. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971

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