BANK OF OREGON v. INDEPENDENT NEWS

No. A 7908-03679; CA A24067.

670 P.2d 616 (1983)

65 Or.App. 29

BANK OF OREGON, a Corporation, and Homer G. Wadsworth, Appellants, v. INDEPENDENT NEWS, Inc., a Corporation, Ronald A. Buel and Richard H. Meeker, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 12, 1983.

Reconsideration Denied November 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Jolles, Portland, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Jolles, Sokol & Bernstein, P.C., Portland.

Bruce E. Smith, Eugene, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Roger M. Saydack, and Cass, Scott, Woods & Smith, Eugene.

Charles F. Hinkle, Portland, filed a brief amicus curiae for American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, Inc.

Jack L. Orchard, and Ball, Janik & Novack, Portland, filed a brief amicus curiae for Oregon Newspaper Publishers' Ass'n.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., and WARREN and ROSSMAN, JJ.


RICHARDSON, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs in this libel action are Bank of Oregon and its president, Wadsworth. They allege that they were defamed by an article written by defendants Buel and Meeker and published in defendant Independent News, Inc.'s weekly newspaper Willamette Week. The article was based in the main on information furnished defendants by Richard Cross, a customer of the bank. A foreclosure action by the bank was pending against Cross at the time he...

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