Judge Pauses Lobstering Defamation Suit Pending Appeal
A federal judge on Tuesday paused proceedings in a defamation lawsuit Maine lobstering groups brought against a California aquarium, staying the case until broad questions about how to interpret Maine libel law are answered by an appeals court.
U.S. District Judge John Woodcock had ruled in February that the suit -- brought by the Maine Lobstermen's Association, the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association and a handful of lobstering businesses -- could proceed after nearly two years in legal limbo.
The groups sued the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation "for making false and defamatory statements about Maine lobster...
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