Legal Opinion
Guilford Transportation Industries, Inc. v. Wilner
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 12, 2000No. 99-CV-349PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
This appeal arises from an action for libel. The plaintiffs are Guilford Transportation Industries, Inc. (Guilford), Timothy Mellon, and David Fink. Guilford operates a freight railroad system in New England, consisting of the Maine Central, the Boston and Maine, and Springfield Terminal railroads. Mellon and Fink founded Guilford in 1981 and own it. Mellon is a member of Guilford’s Board of Directors, and Fink manages Guilford’s operations. The sole defendant is Frank Wilner, the author of an “Op-Ed” column which appeared on June 2, 1997 in the Journal of Commerce, a…
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