Legal Opinion
Donna W. Schuster and Donald E. Hanson v. U. S. News & World Report, Inc., a Corporation, and Time, Inc., a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1979No. 79-1065PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Chief Judge.
This diversity case charging libel comes to us after being removed from the Minnesota state court to the federal district court. Donna Schuster and Donald E. Hanson are, by their own admission, distributors and sellers of vitamin B-17, better known as Laetrile. Schuster describes herself as having been nationally and internationally known as an advocate of the use of natural foods such as Laetrile, and as the recognized leader in the struggle against “vested commercial interests controlling the Food and Drug Administration and (the) American Medical Association.” Hanson…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Time, Inc., D/B/A Life v. Michael J. McLaney A/K/A Mike McLaneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United Medical Laboratories, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Hurley v. Northwest Publications, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1967
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Newell v. Field Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Wayne R. Anderson v. Willow L. Cramlet, the Arvada Sentinel, and Donald GorehamCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
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