GREENFIELD v. COURIER-JOURNAL & LOUISVILLE TIMES CO.


283 S.W.2d 839 (1955)

James Edward GREENFIELD et al., Appellants, v. COURIER-JOURNAL AND LOUISVILLE TIMES COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrell, Schultzman & Hardy, Paducah, William R. Clark, Hopkinsville, for appellants.

Trimble, Soyars, Keith & Breathitt, Hopkinsville, Wyatt, Grafton & Grafton, Louisville, for appellees.


CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellants brought suit to recover damages for the publication of allegedly libelous and slanderous statements by appellees. The complaints were dismissed on the ground that the published matter was privileged.

The basis of this lawsuit is a report of a Federal grand jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. It was filed in open court on October 28, 1952, and is described in the clerk's certification...

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