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SWEENEY v. UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

No. 159.

129 F.2d 904 (1942)

SWEENEY v. UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

August 3, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. O'Connor, of New York City (William F. Cusick, of Washington, D. C., and Joseph D. Schenck, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

DeWitt, Van Aken & Nast, of New York City (MacDonald DeWitt and Harry H. Van Aken, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before L. HAND, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, an attorney and a member of the Congress of the United States from the State of Ohio, brought this suit in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against United Feature Syndicate, Inc., a New York corporation to recover for an alleged libel. Jurisdiction grounded upon diversity was duly alleged and is unquestioned. The suit was tried to a jury which returned a verdict for the defendant on which the judgment was...

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