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FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS, INC. v. MORRIS

No. 39485.

377 P.2d 42 (1962)

FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff in Error, v. Dennit MORRIS, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1962.

Dissenting Opinion October 16, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Butler, Rinehart & Morrison, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error, Fawcett Publications, Inc., and cross-defendant in error, Mid-Continent News Co.

Robert G. Grove, Leo Winters, Oklahoma City, for defendant in error and cross-plaintiff in error, Dennit Morris.

JACKSON, Justice.

In the trial court, plaintiff Dennit Morris sued Fawcett Publications, Inc., the publisher of "True" Magazine, and Mid-Continent News Company, its distributor, for damages for libel. The suit grew out of an article in a 1958 issue of "True" Magazine entitled "The Pill That Can Kill Sports", concerning the use of amphetamine and other similar drugs by athletes throughout the country.

Plaintiff alleged...

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