(DOWNLOAD) "Digiorgio Fruit Corp. v. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations" by Third Appellate District District Court Of Appeal Of California ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Digiorgio Fruit Corp. v. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Author : Third Appellate District District Court Of Appeal Of California
Release Date : January 30, 1963
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 92 KB

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Di Giorgio Fruit Corporation commenced an action against the AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, Norman Smith, Louis Krainock, DeWitt Tannehill, Franz Daniel and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, an unincorporated association, alleging that the said defendants had published a libelous film entitled "Poverty in the Valley of Plenty" and praying for compensatory and punitive damages. Issue was joined and the case was tried by the court sitting without a jury. The court found in favor of plaintiff and awarded plaintiff the sum of $100,000 as general damages and $50,000 as punitive damages. Defendants have appealed from the judgment entered in accordance with said findings.