Legal Opinion
Mazanderan v. McGranery
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 28, 1984No. 83-1325PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
Appellant challenges the court’s grants of summary judgment in favor of both appellee McGranery and his law partners in an action for defamation and libel. He also contests a summary judgment grant in favor of appellee on a malicious prosecution count. Finding no error, we affirm.
On August 5, 1980, appellee wrote a letter to the Public Vehicles Division of the D.C. Department of Mass Transportation, complaining about the allegedly abusive behavior of appellant, a taxi driver, during a dispute the preceding evening. The letter, written on the letterhead stationery of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re Quarles and ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Sidney Brown v. Dennis Collins, Dennis Collins v. First National Realty Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
- Ammerman v. NewmanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Sturdivant v. Seaboard Service System, Ltd.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Bleecker v. DruryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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