BILBREY v. CHICAGO DAILY NEWS

Civil Action No. 24779.

57 F.Supp. 579 (1944)

BILBREY v. CHICAGO DAILY NEWS.

District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

November 15, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. E. Sullivan, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Spencer Gordon, of Washington, D. C., for defendant.


PINE, Justice.

This is a motion to quash the return of summons.

The action filed herein claims damages on account of an alleged libel. The complaint sets forth that plaintiff, a member of this Bar, was appointed by this Court as attorney to defend, without compensation, one of the defendants in the case of United States v. Joseph E. McWilliams et al., now on trial, and that defendant published in its newspaper the...

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