Legal Opinion
Pannell v. Associated Press
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided August 4, 1988No. EC88-48-S-DPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SENTER, Chief Judge.
This cause comes before the court on motion of the plaintiff to remand, on motion of defendant George Dale to dismiss, and on separate motions of defendants Associated Press, Memphis Publishing Company, and Journal Publishing Company for summary judgment.
FACTS
On November 11, 1987, the Commercial Appeal (Memphis Publishing Company) and the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (Journal Publishing Company) published articles based upon a wire report from the Associated Press. The article indicated that Ron Hanna, Director of the License Department of the State Insurance…
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