IN RE IBP CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS DOCUMENTS LITIGATION

No. 83-1894.

755 F.2d 1300 (1985)

In re: IBP CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS DOCUMENTS LITIGATION. Hughes A. BAGLEY, Appellee, v. IOWA BEEF PROCESSORS, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don H. Reuben, Chicago, Ill., argued, Edward M. Blando, Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Thomas E. Deacy, Jr., Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Robert D. Sack, New York City, for amicus curiae.

William J. Rawlings and Michael P. Jacobs, Sioux City, Iowa, for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, ARNOLD and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Hughes A. Bagley brought this action1 against Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. (IBP), claiming damages for libel, invasion of privacy, and tortious interference with employment,2 all resulting from a letter written by IBP to a congressional subcommittee in which IBP in essence called Bagley a liar and a thief. Federal jurisdiction rests on diversity of citizenship. After twelve days of trial...

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