Riverhouse Publishing Co. v. Providence Journal Co.

We have consolidated the above actions because of their common relationship to the efficacy of a judgment entered by the superior court. Riverhouse Publishing Company (Riverhouse) is a Rhode Island corpo ration. It publishes a certain reference book entitled Leading Men In The United States Of America. This publication is a biographical encyclopedia of individuals who presumably fit the description set forth in its title. The Providence Journal Company (The Journal) is the publisher of a daily newspaper known as The Providence Journal. In. the first action, Riverhouse is before us on its…