Granger v. Time

Defendant, Time, Inc., publishes a national weekly news magazine. The subject of this lawsuit concerns an article which defendant published in its September 22, 1975, issue entitled "Into the Pit". The article described how the City of Butte, which owed its birth and former prosperity to first gold, and then copper mining was being relentlessly swallowed by Anaconda Companys ever expanding open pit copper mining operation. Defendant in the article noted the economic deterioration in "the once-stylish uptown - Page 44 district", observed that virtually no major construction had taken place in Butte since 1962, and asserted that "Arson has become common as people who are unable to sell their devalued buildings burn them for the insurance."