United States Tenth Circuit
COMPUTERIZED THERMAL IMAGING INC. v. BLOOMBERG, L.P., 01-4140
Under Utah law, where defendant's statements did not bear the requisite malicious injury to reputation in the absence of a precise statement of damages, the district court did not err in concluding plaintiff failed to state a claim for libel per se or libel per quod.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/26/2002
- Published 11/27/2002
Judges
- JOHN C. PORFILIO, Senior Circuit Judge., Before HARTZ, ALDISERT and PORFILIO, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Carl F. Schoeppl of Schoeppl, Burke & Kayton, P.A., Boca Raton, FL, (Andrew H. Kayton and Stuart A. Davidson of Schoeppl, Burke & Kayton, P.A., Boca Raton, FL; Robert R. Wallace of Plant, Wallace, Christensen & Kanell, Salt Lake City, UT, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Randy L. Dryer of Parsons, Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, UT, (Richard L. Klein, Thomas H. Golden and Charles J. Glasser, Jr., of Willkie Farr, & Gallagher, New York, NY, with him on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.