HOOPER-HOLMES BUREAU v. BUNN

No. 11689.

161 F.2d 102 (1947)

HOOPER-HOLMES BUREAU, Inc., v. BUNN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 25, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bart A. Riley and A. C. Dressler, both of Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Dewey Knight, of Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


LEE, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, plaintiff below, filed suit against appellant, defendant below, in a Florida State court for slander, based upon three mercantile reports made by the defendant on plaintiff. The defendant removed the cause to the court below. The amended complaint alleged that the defendant had maliciously published libels that brought plaintiff into occupational disrepute. On this appeal the defendant relies upon the defense of qualified privilege rather...

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