Legal Opinion
Jeffrey Kassel v. Gannett Co., Inc., D/B/A "Usa Today,"
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 24, 1989No. 88-1766PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Gannett Co. (Gan-nett) takes umbrage at a jury verdict returned against it following a libel trial in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The case was brought under diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, and implicates New Hampshire law. After reviewing the evidence and the inferences to be drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to the verdict-winner, Wagenmann v. Adams, 829 F.2d 196, 200 (1st Cir.1987), and subjecting rulings with constitutional implications to de novo scrutiny to safeguard First Amendment…
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3Cited by134 opinions
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