COMPLETE AUTO TRANSIT, INC., ET AL.

v.

REIS ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (29 total)

• Denis Rety v. Green, 546 So. 2d 410 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)
  …ed defamation. The trial court therefore properly ruled throughout the case that Rety was “a private individual for purposes of the defamation count.” See Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F. 2d 1287, 1293 n. 12 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898, 101 S.Ct. 266, 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980). Second, the issue involved in this case—namely, whether Rety uttered antiSemitic statements to Green in a private telephone conversation—is hardly a matter of “public concern,” and, consequently, the First Ame…
• Alphonse Della-Donna v. Gore Newspapers Co., 489 So. 2d 72 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986)
  …pressing its opinion through letters to the editor and editorials. These elements, among others, cast doubt on the view that this is strictly a private matter. In Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, 627 F. 2d 1287, 1297 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898, 101 S.Ct. 266, 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980), the court articulated a test for the determination of a public controversy. The court stated: A general concern or interest will not suffice.... [The court] should ask whether a reasonable person would have ex…
• S. AIR Transp., Inc. v. Post-Newsweek Stations, 568 So. 2d 927 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
  …d (4) the alleged libel was germane to the plaintiffs role in the alleged illegal, corrupt, and covert shipment of arms to the Nicaraguan Contras. See, e.g., Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F. 2d 1287, 1297-98 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898,101 S.Ct. 266, 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980); McDowell v. Paiewonsky, 769 F. 2d 942 (3d Cir.1985); Dombey v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., 150 Ariz. 476, 484-85, 724 P. 2d 562, 570-71 (1986). Second, we conclude, contrary to the trial court’s finding, that the…