BRUNO & STILLMAN, INC. v. GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO.

Nos. 80-1172, 80-1173.

633 F.2d 583 (1980)

BRUNO & STILLMAN, INC., Plaintiff, v. GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. McHugh, Boston, Mass., with whom Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for The Globe Newspaper Co.

Robert S. Potters, Boston, Mass., with whom Grover Henry Nix, III, and Nix & Wendell, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Bruno & Stillman, Inc.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, MAZZONE, District Judge.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

These are cross appeals arising out of the actions of the district court in dismissing a negligence count in plaintiff's libel complaint against defendant newspaper and in granting plaintiff's motion to compel the disclosure of three of defendant newspaper's confidential sources and information conveyed by them to defendant. Each appeal presents an important question: first, whether plaintiff corporation, as described in the complaint, was correctly...

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