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AFRO-AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO. v. RUDBECK

No. 13735.

248 F.2d 655 (1957)

AFRO-AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO., Appellant, v. Carl A. RUDBECK, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1957.

Petition for Rehearing Denied November 8, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. James A. Cobb and George E. C. Hayes, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. John A. Shorter, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. J. Robert Carey, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Michael F. Keogh and John F. Costello, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant newspaper publisher appeals from a judgment in a libel suit. The newspaper published an account of an alleged brutal beating by "two officers" who were "plainclothesmen". The news story included statements that "The accused officers are assigned to precinct 5" and that "The arresting officer was listed as Det. C. A. Rudbeck, according to a spokesman at precinct 5."

This implied that Rudbeck took part in the alleged beating. The defendant...

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