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PEARSON v. WRIGHT

Civ. A. No. 2118.

156 F.Supp. 136 (1957)

Drew PEARSON, Plaintiff, v. Lloyd WRIGHT, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

November 8, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Donovan, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Roger Robb and Kenneth Wells Parkinson, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

In this action for libel the defendant moves for summary judgment on the ground that an absolute privilege attached to the two statements of which the plaintiff complains. The complaint consists of two counts, each based on one of the two statements to which reference has just been made.

The alleged libelous matter complained of in the first count is a letter from the defendant to the chairman of a subcommittee of a committee of the...

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