ALTOONA CLAY PRODUCTS, INC. v. DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.

Nos. 15709, 15710.

367 F.2d 625 (1966)

ALTOONA CLAY PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant, v. DUN & BRADSTREET, INC. v. C. R. GROVE, Joined as Plaintiff by Court Order. ALTOONA CLAY PRODUCTS, INC. v. DUN & BRADSTREET, INC. v. C. R. GROVE, Joined as Plaintiff by Court Order, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1966.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Evans, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Evans, Ivory & Evans, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellant Altoona Clay Products, Inc.

Joseph A. Williams, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant C. R. Grove.

Clyde A. Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Edmund S. Ruffin, III, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before STALEY, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

STALEY, Chief Judge.

The appeal in this diversity case requires us to decide several issues involving the Pennsylvania law of defamation. The legal questions, however, are far more simple than they would appear on their surface or the parties would have them.

The facts may be abbreviated for the purposes of this appeal. The plaintiff, Altoona Clay Products, Inc., is a Pennsylvania corporation and was engaged in business as a...

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