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ELECTRIC FURNACE CORP. v. DEERING MILLIKEN RESEARCH CORP.

Nos. 17100, 17101.

383 F.2d 352 (1967)

ELECTRIC FURNACE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee and Plaintiff, Cross-Appellant, v. DEERING MILLIKEN RESEARCH CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant and Defendant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

October 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray H. Moseley, Chattanooga, Tenn., for Deering Milliken Research, B. P. Gambrell, Atlanta, Ga., on brief.

Sizer Chambliss, Jac Chambliss, Chattanooga, Tenn., for Electric Furnace, Chambliss, Chambliss & Hodge, Chattanooga, Tenn., of counsel.

Before O'SULLIVAN, CELEBREZZE and PECK, Circuit Judges.

O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.

We consider here the appeal of Deering Milliken Research Corporation (Deering) defendant in a libel action, from a judgment for plaintiff, Electric Furnace Corporation (Electric), awarding plaintiff-appellee $834.36 compensatory and $50,000 punitive damages. Judgment was entered after the District Court reduced, as excessive, a jury's verdict, returned July 30, 1965, for $2,000 compensatory and...

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