· 8/6/1964
R. H. Bouligny, Inc. v. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, an Unincorporated Association
Citations
- 336 F.2d 160
- 57 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2001
- 1964 U.S. App. LEXIS 4537
How courts have described this case
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- noting that federal courts “uniformly have held that libel and slander actions are to be governed by the substantive law of the state in which the torts allegedly occur”
- no federal-question jurisdiction over libel claim
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Judges: Sobeloff, Boreman, Bell
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