McCABE v. RATTINER

No. 86-1032.

814 F.2d 839 (1987)

Thomas McCABE, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Daniel RATTINER, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Kollman, II with whom Holth Kollman & Fairlie, New London, Conn., and John C. Levanti, Westerly, R.I., were on brief for plaintiffs, appellants.

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr. with whom Blish & Cavanagh, Knight Edwards, Jeffrey C. Schreck and Edwards & Angell, Providence, R.I., were on brief for defendants, appellees.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This case takes us to the juncture between the law of defamation and the first amendment, where courts have developed the doctrine of constitutionally protected opinion. See, e.g., Ollman v. Evans, 750 F.2d 970 (D.C.Cir.1984) (en banc), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1127, 105 S.Ct. 2662, 86 L.Ed.2d 278 (1985); Information Control Corp. v. Genesis One Computer Corp., 611 F.2d...

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