WILDER v. JOHNSON PUB. CO., INC.

Civ. A. No. 82-0627-R.

551 F.Supp. 622 (1982)

Lawrence Douglas WILDER, Plaintiff, v. JOHNSON PUBLISHING CO., INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

November 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger L. Gregory, Richmond, Va., for plaintiff.

Michael W. Smith, David C. Kohler, Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, Richmond, Va., I.S. Leevy Johnson, Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A., Columbia, S.C., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a resident of Virginia, brings this action for libel against the publisher of Jet magazine, an Illinois corporation. Plaintiff invokes this Court's diversity of citizenship jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The matter comes before the Court on defendant's motion under Rule 12(b)(6), Fed.R.Civ.P., to dismiss the action for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. On a motion...

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