U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Portia Boulger v. James Woods
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge Ransey Guy Cole Jr.
Case history
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Feb. 27, 2019decided Decision issued in Portia Boulger v. James Woods
Opinions and writings
COLE, Chief Judge. Portia Boulger filed an action for defamation and invasion of privacy based upon a tweet by James Woods, a well-known movie actor and producer. The district court denied Woods's motion for summary judgment, due to Boulger's lack of service, but granted his motion for judgment on the pleadings, finding that the tweet was not an actionable statement of fact under Ohio l…