WERNER v. HEARST PUBLISHING COMPANY

No. 17256.

297 F.2d 145 (1961)

Erwin P. WERNER, Appellant, v. HEARST PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 4, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Murstein, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Flint & MacKay, Edward L. Compton and Arch R. Tuthill, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES and HAMLIN, Circuit Judges, and TAVARES, District Judge.


TAVARES, District Judge.

This is an appeal from final judgment of the district court dismissing the complaint of appellant, Werner (hereinafter sometimes also called plaintiff) against Hearst Publishing Company, Inc. (hereinafter called Hearst), based upon an alleged invasion of appellant's right of privacy by the publication of a news story in the Los Angeles Examiner, a daily newspaper of large and general circulation owned and published by Hearst. Jurisdiction...

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