RILEY v. MOYED


529 A.2d 248 (1987)

John S. RILEY, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Ralph S. MOYED and Gannett Co., Inc., Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: June 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Curtin (argued), H. Murray Sawyer, Jr., and Bruce C. Herron, of Sawyer & Akin, P.A., Wilmington, for appellant.

Richard G. Elliott, Jr. (argued) and Charles M. Cochran IV of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for appellees.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., HORSEY and MOORE, JJ.


HORSEY, Justice:

In this action for libel, plaintiff, John S. Riley, appeals Superior Court's grant of defendants', Gannett Company, Inc., owner of The Morning News, and writer Ralph S. Moyed, motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

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The alleged libel was contained in Moyed's column published in Wilmington, Delaware in the Morning News on November 18, 1983. In the column, Moyed accused...

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