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POST v. OREGONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

519 P.2d 1258 (1974)

John Charles POST, Respondent, v. OREGONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, a Corporation, and Associated Press, a Corporation, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided March 21, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Clarke, Portland, argued the cause for appellant Oregonian Publishing Co. With him on the briefs were Dezendorf, Spears, Lubersky & Campbell, James H. Clarke, George L. Kirklin, and Richard H. Williams, Portland.

Ernest Bonyhadi, Portland, argued the cause for appellant Associated Press. With him on the briefs were Rives, Bonyhadi & Drummond, and Leonard A. Girard and Ivan Lewis Gold, Portland, and Royall, Koegel & Wells and Richard N. Winfield and James M. Ringer, New York City.

William F. Frye, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Husband, Johnson & Frye, Eugene.

O'CONNELL, Chief Justice.

This libel action arises out of a news story which erroneously linked plaintiff with an attempt to smuggle drugs into the United States. Defendants appeal from a jury verdict in plaintiff's favor.

On July 18, 1970, an airplane which had allegedly contained substantial quantities of marijuana was abandoned near Beaver Marsh in southern Oregon. The plane and its passengers had escaped shortly...

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