LATROBE STEEL CO.

v.

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• Simion Stepanischen v. Merchs. Despatch Transp. Corp., 722 F.2d 922 (1st Cir. 1983)
  …company memorandum and w*as therefore conditionally privileged and actionable only upon proof of actual malice. See Arsenault v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc., 485 F.Supp. 1373, 1379-80 (D.Mass.), aff’d mem., 636 F. 2d 1199 (1st Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 821, 102 S.Ct. 105, 70 L.Ed.2d 93 (1981). To prove malice in this case, plaintiff must show improper motive, intent to abuse the company’s disciplinary system by resorting to it under pretense, or [*933] reckless disregard of plaintiff’s rights. See Eze…
• Brown v. Freedman Baking Co., Inc., 810 F.2d 6 (1st Cir. 1987)
  …not be made the subject matter or basis in any action of slander or libel in any court of the commonwealth.” Id. § 46. See Arsenault v. Allegheney Airlines, Inc., 485 F.Supp. 1373, 1379 (D.Mass.), aff'd, 636 F. 2d 1199 (1st Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 821, 102 S.Ct. 105, 70 L.Ed.2d 93 (1981). An absolute privilege applies even to false and malicious statements. Ezekiel v. Jones Motor Co., 374 Mass. 382, 385, 372 N.E. 2d 1281, 1284 (1978). The purpose of the statute is, of course, to enable employe…
• Miss. Indus. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 808 F.2d 1525 (D.C. Cir. 1987)
  …ering the wheeling of power, Florida Power & Light Co. v. FERC, 660 F. 2d 668 (5th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1156, 103 S.Ct. 800, 74 L.Ed.2d 1003 (1983); New York State Electric & Gas Corp. v. FERC, 638 F. 2d 388 (2d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 821, 102 S.Ct. 105, 70 L.Ed.2d 93 (1981); Richmond Power & Light v. FERC, 574 F. 2d 610 (D.C.Cir.1978), or the modification of retail rates, FPC v. Conway Corp., 426 U.S. 271, 276-77, 96 S.Ct. 1999, 2003, 48 L.Ed.2d 626 (1976). They maintain that these…