Legal Opinion
Maggio v. Liztech Jewelry
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 9, 1996No. Civil Action 95-0171PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
MENTZ, District Judge.
In this litigation, the plaintiffs, Nick Mag-gio and Bentley Lovelace (d/b/a BentNicks) (collectively referred to as BentNicks) brought a suit for defamation against the defendants, Liztech Jewelry, Jill Elizabeth (a/k/a Jill Elizabeth MacLaren) (collectively referred to as Liztech), and Donegal Mutual Insurance Company. Liztech filed a counterclaim for copyright infringement. The court addresses here two motions for summary judgment filed by Liztech — one, for judgment dismissing BentNicks’ defamation suit, and the other, for judgment in favor of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Mazer v. SteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Mashburn v. CollinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- Cangelosi v. SCHWEGMANN BROS., ETC.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Herbert Rosenthal Jewelry Corp. v. Edward and Lucy Kalpakian, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
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