Charles M. Anderson, Individually, and Gibson Products Company of Alamogordo, Inc., a New Mexico Corporation v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., a Corporation

MORRIS, Chief Judge.

This is a libel action. The plaintiffs and appellants are Charles M. Anderson and Gibson Products Company of Alamogordo, Inc., a New Mexico corporation. The defendant and appellee is Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. Anderson is President and Chief Executive Officer of the plaintiff corporation. The essence of plaintiffs’ claim is that the defendant published a series of reports stating that Anderson was a general partner and an owner of Gibson Products Company of Arizona; that in truth and in fact Anderson was not at the time the reports were published or at any other time a general…