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ROWE v. METZ

No. 76-106.

564 P.2d 425 (1977)

S. Donald ROWE, d/b/a Rowe Realty, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fred C. METZ, D. D. S., Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1977.

Certiorari Granted May 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Curry, James C. Mallon, Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Calvert & Calvert, David R. Calvert, Denver, for defendant-appellant.

STERNBERG, Judge.

This appeal presents the question of what effect, if any, recent United States Supreme Court decisions have on suits for libel or slander against private individuals in Colorado. We consider the holding in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 94 S.Ct. 2997, 41 L.Ed.2d 789 (1974), although not a case involving a private party as defendant, to apply equally to suits against private as well as media defendants...

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