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MORGAN v. DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.

No. 27893.

421 F.2d 1241 (1970)

Joseph F. MORGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DUN & BRADSTREET, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Fisher, Jr., of Fisher, Hepner & Hertz, Pensacola, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

James W. Middleton, Jr., Mena, Ark., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and COLEMAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

Joseph F. Morgan, a Florida businessman, sued Dun & Bradstreet for an allegedly libelous credit report and recovered a judgment for $70,000. The report [July 26, 1965] which prompted the suit linked Joseph F. to his brother, Claude B., in a scheme of incorporating various drug and variety stores and systematically defaulting on the obligations due suppliers. The entire publication clearly implies...

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