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· 4/9/1985

Redco Corporation v. Cbs, Inc. And the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Citations

  • 758 F.2d 970
  • 11 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1861
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 30535

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • agreeing with district court that factual bases for all stated opinions were adequately disclosed in news story regarding multi-piece tire rims
  • upholding district court’s classification of “catchy phrases or hyperbole” as non-actionable under Pennsylvania law
  • “court may determine that allegedly defamatory statements are true if a reasonable jury could come to only one conclusion.”
  • unless defendants “can be found liable for defamation, the intentional interference with contractual relations count is not actionable”
  • “court’s function is to decide if a communication is capable of a defamatory meaning”
  • same for statements about the risks of plaintiff’s tire rims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Sloviter, Aldisert, Slovi-Ter, Stapleton

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