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AVINS v. WHITE

Nos. 79-1747, 79-1748.

627 F.2d 637 (1980)

Alfred AVINS, Appellant in No. 79-1747, v. James P. WHITE, Appellant in No. 79-1748.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Alton Tybout (argued), John A. Elzufon, Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, Wilmington, Del., for appellant, cross-appellee.

Alfred Avins, pro se.

Leonard S. Janofsky, President, American Bar Association, Chicago, Ill., David W. Robertson, Mandell & Wright, Houston, Tex., on Behalf of the American Bar Association as amicus curiae.

Willard H. Pedrick, Professor of Law, Tempe, Ariz., W. Page Keeton, Austin, Tex., on Behalf of The Association of American Law Schools, The American Council on Education, and The Council on Postsecondary Accreditation as amici curiae.

Before ROSENN, GARTH and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal in a diversity action presents important questions of defamation law arising out of the accreditation process of a private law school. It arises out of a controversy which had its genesis in the intense conflict surrounding the struggle of Delaware Law School (DLS) and its founder and first dean, Alfred Avins, to secure provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association (ABA) so that the school...

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