U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1954

Gwinn v. Washington Post Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · Decided February 18, 1954 · Edgerton, Prettyman, Fahy

211 F.2d 641; 93 U.S. App. D.C. 378 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Mr. Stanley E. Otto, Washington, D. C. , for appellants., Mr. Gerhard A. Gesell, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Fontaine C. Bradley and Abram J. Chayes, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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Fairyland Amusement Co. v. Metromedia, Inc. (District Court, W.D. Missouri 1976)
Embers Supper Club, Inc. v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co. (Ohio 1984)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This is a suit for libel. The District Court granted summary judgment for the defendant newspaper. It appears that on a certain day police officers and federal agents set out to execute some thirty-six warrants of arrest. Five persons sought under the warrants were found upon the premises of a restaurant and nightclub owned by the appellants, and the arrests were made there. The arrested persons were taken promptly to the United States Commissioner and held by him under bonds. The Washington Post carried a factual news story of the events. The story, fairly read, contains nothing defamatory of the appellants or of their business. There is evidence in the record that appellants cooperated in the law enforcement move. The judgment of the District Court is

Affirmed.

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