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PERRUCCIO v. ARSENEAULT

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7 Conn. App. 389 (1986)

SALVATORE J. PERRUCCIO v. WALLACE ARSENEAULT ET AL.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Howard, for the appellant (plaintiff).

John M. Creane, with whom, on the brief, was Konstant W. Morell, for the appellees (defendants).

DUPONT, C. J., BORDEN and BIELUCH, JS.

DUPONT, C. J.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered for the defendants in accordance with a verdict directed at the close of the plaintiff's case. The plaintiff sued the defendants for allegedly libelous statements made by the named defendant, Wallace Arseneault, concerning the plaintiff's management of a labor union. The parties concede that the plaintiff is a public figure as defined in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323...

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