United States Eleventh Circuit

Summary judgment was proper in an action alleging libel and slander in connection with a book and its promotion, where statements at issue did not create an impression that plaintiff was a murder suspect, and were not defamatory as a matter of Georgia law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2002
• Published 11/19/2002

Judges

• CARNES, Circuit Judge:, Before CARNES, HILL and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Darnay Hoffman, Law Offices of Darnay Hoffman, New York City, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James C. Rawls, Eric P. Schroeder, Stephen Derek Bauer, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, LLP, L. Lin Wood, Jr., Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.