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CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA v. ADAMS

No. 75-1954.

584 F.2d 893 (1978)

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, a Nonprofit California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James E. ADAMS, Elaine Viets, Pulitzer Publishing Co., Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 23, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Coleman (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Theodore B. Olson (argued), Gibson, Dunn & Cruther, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.

Before CHOY and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, District Judge.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

The Church of Scientology of California (California Church), a California corporation, appeals from a judgment dismissing its action for libel. The suit is against the Pulitzer Publishing Co., publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, and James E. Adams and Elaine Viets, principal authors of the newspaper articles in question.1 The district court dismissed the action against appellees for lack of...

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