Carwile v. Richmond Newspapers, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that \it matters not how artful or disguised the modes in which the meaning is concealed it if is in fact defamatory\
• a statement “which imputes to a business or professional man conduct which tends to injure him in his business or profession” is actionable as libel per se
• statements charging \an attorney at law with unethical or unprofessional conduct and which tend to injure or disgrace him in his profession\
• summary judgment is appropriate \when it clearly appears that one of the parties is entitled to judgment within the framework of the case\
• “[E]very fair inference that may be drawn from the pleadings must be resolved in the plaintiff's favor.”
• “[Wjords and statements which charge an attorney with unethical or unprofessional conduct and which tend to injure or disgrace him in his profession are actionable per se”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).