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IBEW, LOCAL 1805 v. MAYO

[No. 45, September Term, 1977.]

281 Md. 475 (1977)

379 A.2d 1223

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 1805, AFL-CIO v. HENRY C. MAYO

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 6, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard W. Rubenstein, with whom were Carl S. Yaller and Edelman, Levy & Rubenstein, P.A. on the brief, for appellant.

John A. Blondell for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we again examine the interplay between the Federal Constitution and the law of defamation, this time in the context of a labor dispute. This appeal is from a judgment for $1.00 compensatory damages and $5,000 punitive damages awarded appellee following a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County (Childs, J.). We granted certiorari after the Court of...

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