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HARDBOARD MACHINERY CO. v. COASTAL PRODUCTS CORP.

Civ. A. No. 726-729.

289 F.Supp. 496 (1967)

HARDBOARD MACHINERY CO., Inc., Plaintiff, v. COASTAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION and Robert D. Conner, Defendants. The TAYLER CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. COASTAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION and Robert D. Conner, Defendants. WALLBOARD DRAYER CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. COASTAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION and Robert D. Conner, Defendants. William R. TAYLER, Plaintiff, v. COASTAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION and Robert D. Conner, Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. Georgia, Valdosta Division.

June 29, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reinhardt, Ireland, Whitley & Sims, Tifton, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Parker, Foster & Madigan, Tallahassee, Fla., Franklin, Barham, Coleman, Elliott & Blackburn, Valdosta, Ga., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

BOOTLE, Chief Judge.

I have decided to sustain the motions to dismiss these four libel suits.

In Georgia libel and slander are succinctly defined in Code §§ 105-701 and 105-702 (and newspaper libel in 105-703). Under § 105-702 "charges made against another in reference to his trade, office, or profession, calculated to injure him therein" are actionable per se, because in such instances said Code Section says "damage is...

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