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THOMAS MERTON CTR. v. ROCKWELL INTERN.

497 Pa. 460 (1981)

442 A.2d 213

The THOMAS MERTON CENTER, a nonprofit Pennsylvania Corporation, and the Stop the B-1 Bomber Task Force of the Thomas Merton Center, an unincorporated nonprofit association, v. ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a corporation, and Crosby M. Kelly, an individual, Appellants. Appeal of Crosby M. KELLY.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 1981.

Reargument Denied January 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Morton, Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald, Kyle & Buerger, Pittsburgh, for Crosby M. Kelly.

Joseph A. Katarinci, Thomas R. Johnson, Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchinson, Pittsburgh, for Rockwell Intern. Corp.

Vincent A. Colianni, Parmelee, Miller, Welsh & Kratz, Pittsburgh, for Thomas Merton Center, etc.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Rockwell International Corporation is the prime contractor for the B-1 bomber project. Appellant Crosby M. Kelly was Vice-President of Communications for Rockwell. They appeal from an order of the Superior Court which reversed an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County dismissing a complaint in libel filed by appellee, the Thomas Merton Center. Appellee is a nonprofit Pennsylvania corporation...

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