Legal Opinion

Modern Products, Inc. v. Schwartz

District Court, E.D. Wisconsin

Decided March 26, 1990No. 89-C-337Published

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION AND ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, Senior District Judge.

The plaintiff, Modern Products, Inc., alleges that the defendants, Dr. George Schwartz and Health Press, defamed Modern Products and disparaged its product, Spike, by publishing a book entitled IN BAD TASTE The MSG Syndrome. The defendants have moved for summary judgment on both claims; the motion will be denied in part and granted in part.

Also before the court is the plaintiffs motion to supplement the record on summary judgment; the plaintiff seeks to file after the expiration of the regular briefing schedule, an additional report on…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. International Rectifier Corp. v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Denny v. MertzWisconsin Supreme Court · 1982

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