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023436P.pdf   02/03/2004  Karin Gray  v.  AT&T Corp.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-3436
   Western District of Missouri   
   Civil Case - defamation. District court's grant of summary judgment to 
   employer on claim of defamation relating to the reasons for employee's 
   termination is affirmed, as the allegedly defamatory statement occurred in 
   the regular course of business among persons having a need to know. No 
   publication, under state law, occurred. [PUBLISHED] [Riley, author]