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DUN & BRADSTREET, INC. v. NICKLAUS

No. 17421.

340 F.2d 882 (1965)

DUN & BRADSTREET, INC., Appellant, v. G. C. NICKLAUS, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Fordyce Wood Products, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

February 3, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert V. Light, Little Rock, Ark., made argument for appellant and filed brief.

Henry W. Gregory, Jr., Pine Bluff, Ark., made argument for appellee and filed brief with H. Murray Claycomb, Pine Bluff, Ark.

Before VOGEL and MATTHES, Circuit Judges, and HARPER, District Judge.

HARPER, District Judge:

This is an appeal in a libel action where trial to a jury resulted in a verdict against defendant (appellant) for $40,000.00 actual damages and $10,000.00 punitive damages.

Appellant (also referred to as Dun & Bradstreet or defendant) is a mercantile agency which gathers, evaluates and disseminates to its subscribers confidential credit information. Fordyce Wood Products, Inc. (also referred to as Fordyce or plaintiff) was engaged...

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