Golson v. Hearst Corporation

WALSH, District Judge.

This is an action for libel. Defendant has moved to dismiss the complaint as failing to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The motion is granted because, accepting the facts alleged in the complaint, defendant did not exceed the limits of fair comment.

Defendant, in its magazine “Good Housekeeping”, published an article advising against the purchase of Japanese made sewing machines being sold under American trade names identical with or similar to those of other types of widely advertised mechanical appliances, such as vacuum-cleaners, radios, typewriters and…