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SPANEL v. PEGLER

Civil Actions Nos. 1818, 1819.

70 F.Supp. 926 (1946)

SPANEL v. PEGLER et al. INTERNATIONAL LATEX CORPORATION v. SAME.

District Court, D. Connecticut.

October 17, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Hackett, of Stamford, Conn., for plaintiffs.

J. Kenneth Bradley, of Bridgeport, Conn., for defendants.

HINCKS, District Judge.

A jury could properly find that the alleged libel charged that the plaintiffs were, if not members of the Communist Party, at least sympathetic to its objectives. But the difference between being a member of the Party and being a fellow-traveler or sympathizer, is one of degree only. Grant v. Reader's Digest Ass'n, 2 Cir., 151 F.2d 733, cert. den. 326 U.S. 797, 66 S.Ct. 492, 90 L.Ed. 485.

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