KANSAS ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. v. DUN AND BRADSTREET, INC.

No. 315-70.

448 F.2d 647 (1971)

KANSAS ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY, Inc., a Kansas Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DUN AND BRADSTREET, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. A. Dickinson, Topeka, Kan. (Ralph E. Skoog of Dickinson, Crow & Skoog, Topeka, Kan., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Charles F. G. Raikes (Ralph W. Oman, James L. Grimes, Jr., of Cosgrove, Webb & Oman, and James E. Smith, Topeka, Kan., on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, and HILL and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This is a libel case which bears considerable resemblance to Grove v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., 438 F.2d 433 (3d Cir. 1971), to which there will be subsequent reference. Kansas Electric Supply Company, Inc., a wholesale electric supply company hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, brought an action for libel per se against Dun & Bradstreet, hereinafter referred to as D & B, for compensatory...

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