Hill v. Cantor

NEESE, District Judge.

This is a diversity action for damages for alleged libel of the plaintiff by the defendant. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The complaint charges, inter alia, that the defendant published defamatory statements concerning the plaintiff when the defendant “ * * * well knew that the statements * * * were false, scurrilous and libelous; and the publication of the same by the defendant was willful and malicious and with deliberate intent to injure the plaintiff * *

The defendant has moved for a dismissal of the action on the ground that the complaint does not state a claim on which relief…