DALL v. PEARSON

Civ. A. No. 2457-63.

246 F.Supp. 812 (1963)

Curtis B. DALL, Plaintiff, v. Drew PEARSON et al., Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 19, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Hardy, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

John Donovan, Washington, D. C., for defendants Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson.

William R. Glendon, Washington, D. C., for defendant The Washington Post Co.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The defendants in an action for libel move for summary judgment, claiming that the alleged defamatory statement is true and also constitutes fair comment.

The alleged defamatory statements are contained in an article written by the individual defendants, who are popularly known as columnists, and published in a newspaper called The Washington Post. The article purports to summarize and refer to testimony that had been given by the...

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