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FLEMING v. MOORE

Record No. 781061.

275 S.E.2d 632 (1981)

James N. FLEMING v. W. Bedford MOORE, III.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald G. Poindexter, Richmond, Charles E. Carter, New York City (Nathan Jones, New York City, Poindexter & Poindexter, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Thomas E. Albro, Charlottesville (Tremblay & Smith, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C. J., and HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON and THOMPSON, JJ.

COCHRAN, Justice.

W. Bedford Moore, III, initiated this libel action against James N. Fleming in the court below. Final judgment was entered by the trial court on the jury verdict awarding Moore $10,000 in compensatory damages and $100,000 in punitive damages.2

Moore was a white, tenured, assistant professor in the Humanities Division of the School of Engineering at the University of Virginia during the 1975-76 academic year. His...

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