Legal Opinion
United Medical Laboratories, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1969No. 21446PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
The District Court dismissed on summary judgment, 258 F.Supp. 735, an action in diversity jurisdiction for a claim of libel under Oregon law. We affirm the judgment, but upon another ground than those on which the court predicated its decision.
As involved here, the defamation claim was one asserted by United Medical Laboratories, Inc., (herein United Labs), a mail order clinical testing laboratory, of Portland, Oregon, against Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., Walter Cronkite, one of its featured newscasters and commentators, and Jay McMullen, one of its producers,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by101 opinions
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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- Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Nader v. De ToledanoDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Barry M. Goldwater v. Ralph Ginzburg, Warren Boroson, and Factmagazine, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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