ESTILL v. HEARST PUBLISHING CO.

No. 10272.

186 F.2d 1017 (1951)

ESTILL v. HEARST PUBLISHING CO., Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

January 29, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Dean Connor, Harry S. Ditchburne, Chicago, Ill., George Cohan, Gary, Ind., for appellant.

Floyd E. Thompson, Roger W. Barrett, Chicago, Ill., Poppenhusen, Johnston Thompson & Raymond, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellee.

Before MAJOR, Chief Judge, and KERNER and LINDLEY, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from an order granting defendant's motion to dismiss and dismissing a complaint in two paragraphs charging libel and invasion of plaintiff's right of privacy.

The offending matter was contained in the first of a series of six feature stories written by Elgar Brown with the foreword on the last five that they were "on the blood-smeared career of the late outlaw, John Dillinger, whose influence on those with whom he came...

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