LOWENSCHUSS v. WEST PUB. CO.

No. 75-2431.

542 F.2d 180 (1976)

Fred LOWENSCHUSS, Appellant, v. WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1976.

As Amended October 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Meshon, Meshon & Brener, William D. Parry, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

James J. Orlow, Wasserman, Orlow, Kaye & Rubin, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before VAN DUSEN, GIBBONS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the attempt of a lawyer to secure redress from West Publishing Company ("West"), a publisher of judicial opinions, for an allegedly defamatory footnote contained in a judge's opinion which West published without change. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed the complaint. Lowenschuss v. West Publishing Company, 402 F.Supp...

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