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MAINELLI v. PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY

No. 6047.

312 F.2d 3 (1962)

Joseph MAINELLI, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

December 31, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aram A. Arabian, Providence, R. I., with whom Joseph Mainelli, Providence, R. I., was on brief, for appellant.

Knight Edwards, Providence, R. I., with whom Edward F. Hindle and Edwards & Angell, Providence, R. I., were on brief, for appellee.

Before WOODBURY, Chief Judge, and HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges.

WOODBURY, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff is a citizen of Rhode Island who was formerly United States District Attorney for the District of Rhode Island. The defendant is a Rhode Island corporation engaged in the business of publishing a daily newspaper in the City of Providence. During the plaintiff's tenure in office the defendant published an editorial in its newspaper entitled "Federal Agents Jumped the Gun in the Woo Case," in which it charged "federal agents" with...

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