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BELLI v. ORLANDO DAILY NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 23623.

389 F.2d 579 (1967)

Melvin M. BELLI, Appellant, v. ORLANDO DAILY NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Louis, Bertha Claire Lee, Murray Sams, Jr., Miami, Fla., J. P. Tonkoff, Yakima, Wash., for appellant.

Richard W. Bates, Joseph P. Baker, George T. Eidson, Jr., Robert Dyer, Orlando, Fla., for appellees.

Before WISDOM and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

This action for damages for libel and slander is based on a false statement relating to Mr. Melvin Belli. Belli, an attorney of national prominence, is well known in the legal profession for his pioneering in the development of demonstrative evidence as a trial tactic and his success in obtaining large judgments for plaintiffs in personal injury suits. He is well known to the general public because of his representation of Jack Ruby and others...

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