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PERK v. READER'S DIGEST ASS'N, INC.

Nos. 89-4111, 90-3030.

931 F.2d 408 (1991)

Ralph J. PERK, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. The READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC., and Eugene H. Methvin, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas M. DeVito (argued), Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant cross-appellee.

Kenneth A. Zirm, Michael T. McMenamin (argued), Christopher L. Gibbon, Walter, Haverfield, Buescher & Chockley, Cleveland, Ohio, Michael Brizel, The Reader's Digest Ass'n, Inc., Pleasantville, N.Y., David Otis Fuller, Jr., The Readers' Digest Ass'n, New York City, for defendants-appellees cross-appellants.

Before KENNEDY and NORRIS, Circuit Judges; and MILES, Senior District Judge.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Ralph Perk (appellant), appeals the District Court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants, the Reader's Digest Association and Eugene Methvin (appellees), in this libel case. The appellant claims that the District Court erred by analyzing each allegedly libelous statement individually rather than examining the article as a whole. The appellees respond, claiming that they relied on reputable sources in their article "Cleveland...

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