AFRO-AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO. v. JAFFE

No. 18363.

366 F.2d 649 (1966)

AFRO-AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc., Appellant, v. Eli JAFFE, t/a Douglas Pharmacy, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided On Rehearing August 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George H. Windsor, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George E. C. Hayes and Julian R. Dugas, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Miss Joyce Capps, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and FAHY, WASHINGTON, DANAHER, BURGER, WRIGHT, McGOWAN and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges, sitting


Decided On Rehearing En Banc, August 23, 1966.

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee (plaintiff) in an action for libel and for invasion of privacy, based on an article and a photograph in the October 14, 1961 issue of the Washington Afro-American ("Afro"), published by appellant (defendant) corporation. It was stipulated that plaintiff sustained no economic loss as a result of the publication. The court, which tried...

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