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WASHINGTON POST COMPANY v. KEOGH

No. 19668.

365 F.2d 965 (1966)

The WASHINGTON POST COMPANY, Appellant, v. Eugene J. KEOGH, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James H. McGlothlin, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Michael S. Horne, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Philip Handelman, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents for consideration in a summary judgment context an application of the public official libel principle enunciated in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964). Appellee, a United States Congressman from New York, sued the Washington Post and its syndicated columnist, Drew Pearson, for alleged libelous information appearing in two of Pearson...

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