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QUEEN v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

No. 81-5018.

689 F.2d 80 (1982)

John A. QUEEN and Queen Electric Manufacturing Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Mike Butler and Craven Crowell, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Wiseman, Brown, Herman, Scott, Dean & Miles, J. Shelby Sharpe, Fort Worth, Tex., William H. Skelton, Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry & Woolf, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Justin M. Schwamm, Sr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, Robert C. Glinski, Edwin W. Small, Tennessee Valley Authority Div. of Law, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before LIVELY and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an action for common law defamation against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and certain of its employees. The complaint was filed by appellants Queen Electric Company and its principal stockholder, John A. Queen (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Queen"). The litigation involves statements made by TVA employees about a device manufactured by Queen Electric which is alleged to save electricity. The plaintiffs sought...

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