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LIBERTY LOBBY, INC. v. DOW JONES & CO., INC.

No. 86-7017.

838 F.2d 1287 (1988)

LIBERTY LOBBY, INC., Appellant, v. DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC., et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Lane, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Robert P. LoBue, New York City, for appellees.

Before EDWARDS, BORK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BORK.

BORK, Circuit Judge:

This is a libel action in which Liberty Lobby, Inc., a citizens' group, seeks fifty million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages from the publisher of The Wall Street Journal. After more than a year of discovery, the district court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment on the first count, and judgment on the pleadings as to the remaining four counts of Liberty...

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