Compuware Corp v. Moody’s Investors Services (6th Cir, Aug. 24, 2007).
ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff-Appellant Compuware Corporation (“Compuware”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant- Appellee Moody’s Investors Services Inc. (“Moody’s”) on Compuware’s claims of defamation and breach of contract. The district court found that Compuware needed to establish actual malice to succeed on both claims, and that Compuware failed to make the requisite showing of actual malice. On appeal, Compuware argues that it presented sufficient evidence of Moody’s actual malice to withstand summary judgment and that, in any event, the actual-malice standard should not apply to its breach of contract claim. After careful consideration, we AFFIRM.
Filed under: Defamation
