United States Sixth Circuit
AMWAY CORP. v. THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO., 01-2561
In an action for tortious interference with contract and with actual and prospective business relations, through internet publication of an allegedly defamatory complaint filed in federal court, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed as the Michigan fair reporting privilege applies to publication of public court documents on the internet.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/12/2003
- Decided 10/08/2003
- Published 10/08/2003
Judges
- Before: BATCHELDER and CLAY, Circuit Judges; SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- J.A. Cragwall, Jr. (briefed), Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, MI, Jack C. Berenzweig (briefed), James P. Sobieraj (briefed), Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione, Chicago, IL, David T. Moran (briefed), Jackson Walker, Charles L. Babcock (argued and briefed) Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Kathleen McCree Lewis (briefed), Donald S. Young (briefed), Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, Eric C. Lund, Dykema Gossett, Grand Rapids, MI, Daniel J. Stephenson (argued and briefed), Michael P. Farrell (briefed), Ann Arbor, MI, Stanley M. Chesley (briefed), Paul M. DeMarco,Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, for Defendant-Appellee.