M. F. PATTERSON DENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY v. WADLEY

No. 9672.

401 F.2d 167 (1968)

M. F. PATTERSON DENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY, Inc. and E. O. Blake, Appellants, v. Cullom S. WADLEY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar Fenton, of Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellants.

J. M. Sheehan, of McClelland, Collins, Sheehan, Bailey & Bailey, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and LEWIS and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judges.


MURRAH, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict awarding plaintiff-appellee Wadley damages on separate claims for libel and slander arising out of his discharge from employment in Oklahoma by defendant-appellant M. F. Patterson Dental Supply, Inc. The libel claim against the corporate employer alone was removed to federal court on admitted diversity of citizenship and requisite amount in controversy. Admittedly, the slander claim against the...

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