SPRAGUE v. AMERICAN BAR ASS'N

No. CIV.A. 01-382.

276 F.Supp.2d 365 (2003)

Richard A. SPRAGUE, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, ABA Journal, and Terry P. Carter, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

July 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara R. Axelrod, James E. Beasley, The Beasley Firm, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff.

David E. Abernathy, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, David H. Marion, Joyce S. Meyers, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.

Joyce S. Meyers, Michael K. Twersky, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Movant.


Memorandum and Order

YOHN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Richard Sprague, is suing defendants, the American Bar Association ("ABA"), the ABA Journal ("Journal"), and journalist Terry P. Carter ("Carter"), for defamation. Currently pending before the court are defendants' two combined motions for summary judgment, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(b), on the issue of damages. Specifically, defendants move for summary judgment on the issues of (1) the...

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