FARAH v. ESQUIRE MAGAZINE

No. 12-7055.

736 F.3d 528 (2013)

Joseph FARAH, et al., Appellants v. ESQUIRE MAGAZINE, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Klayman argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants.

Jonathan R. Donnellan argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Kristina E. Findikyan , Laura R. Handman , and Micah J. Ratner . John R. Eastburg entered an appearance.

Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Ariel B. Levinson-Waldman , Senior Counsel to the Attorney General, and Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, were on the brief for amicus curiae District of Columbia in support of appellees.

Seth D. Berlin was on the brief for amici curiae Advance Publications, Inc., et al. in support of appellees.

Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge ROGERS. Circuit Judge BROWN concurring in the judgment.


ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

This case is principally a defamation action based on the publication of an article by journalist Mark Warren on Esquire Magazine's Politics Blog. The article was posted one day after the release of a book entitled "Where's the Birth Certificate? The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to Be President," written by Jerome Corsi and published by Joseph Farah's WND Books. Farah's website, WorldNet-Daily, announced the book launch...

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