Legal Opinion
Barbara Quartana v. John D. Utterback D/B/A All Star Dairy Association, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1986No. 85-1613PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Barbara Quartana brought this suit in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, alleging that John D. Utterback had made libelous statements about her in a letter to her employer, Sealright Co., Inc.
Quartana was a salesperson for Seal-right, and one of her customers was Mama Tish’s Enterprises. Utterback is an officer of All Star Dairy Association, Inc. All Star is a high-volume purchaser of packaging products from Sealright, and as such receives a volume discount from Sealright. In mid-1983, Quartana persuaded Utter-back to permit Mama Tish’s to bill its…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Dorothy Elfenbein v. Gulf & Western Industries, Inc., and Stelux Manufacturing Co., and Bulova Watch Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Donald A. Swan v. Board of Higher Education of the City of New York by Gustave G. Rosenberg, Its Chairman, George A. Pierson, and Margaret v. KielyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Robert Czeremcha v. International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Fischer, Spuhl, Herzwurm & Associates, Inc. v. Forrest T. Jones & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1979
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