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SOUTHWELL v. SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER

No. 1:95-CV-444.

949 F.Supp. 1303 (1996)

Ray SOUTHWELL, Plaintiff, v. The SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

December 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Osterman, Ithaca, MI, for Plaintiff.

Jon R. Muth, Miller Johnson Snell & Cummiskey, Grand Rapids, MI, for Defendant.

OPINION OF THE COURT

McKEAGUE, District Judge.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, Ray Southwell, is a Michigan resident who originally filed this libel suit in the Circuit Court for Emmet County, Michigan. Defendant, Southern Poverty Law Center, is an Alabama non-profit corporation with its principal place of business in Montgomery, Alabama. Defendant removed the case to this Court on June 30, 1995, alleging diversity of citizenship and the statutory...

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