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MAYNARD v. PORT PUBLICATIONS, INC.

No. 78-602.

98 Wis.2d 555 (1980)

297 N.W.2d 500

Julie MAYNARD, Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner, v. PORT PUBLICATIONS, INC., Defendant-Respondent, Michael FELLNER, Ruth Ticktin and Ken Mate, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Michael E. Ehrsam and Bell, Metzner & Siebold, S. C., of Madison, and oral argument by Carroll Metzner.

For the respondent there was a brief by Harry F. Peck, Louise A. Ptacek and Petrie, Stocking, Meixner & Zeisig, S. C., of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Harry F. Peck.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by David Shute, D. Craig Mikkelsen and Foley & Lardner of Milwaukee, for Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union.

Affirming 91 Wis.2d 850, 284 N.W.2d 121.

WILLIAM G. CALLOW, J.

We granted review in this case to decide whether a contract printer without knowledge of the content of the material it prints is subject to liability for defamation arising from the printing of the material and whether summary judgment was properly granted in favor of the defendant printer. We hold that a contract printer having no knowledge of the content of the material it prints cannot be subject...

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