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FRIDAY v. OFFICIAL DETECTIVE STORIES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 30565.

233 F.Supp. 1021 (1964)

Jessie K. FRIDAY, Henrietta (Friday) Ubnoski, Annie (Friday) Stewart and Husband, F. F. Stewart, Elsie (Friday) Neely and Husband, Lewis R. Neely Daphne (Friday) Wallace and Husband, Melvin Wallace, Jed Friday and Gerald N. Friday, Plaintiffs, v. OFFICIAL DETECTIVE STORIES, INC. and Harry Keller, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 30, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Jenkins, of Jenkins, Bennett & Jenkins, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Louis G. Hill, of Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Kohn & Dilks, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge (acting by designation).

This suit for libel was brought by plaintiffs, all Texas citizens, against defendants, a Pennsylvania corporation which publishes Official Detective Stories Magazine, and its editor, a Pennsylvania citizen.

The allegedly libelous statement is contained in a story in the January 1961 issue of the magazine, which dealt with the exploits of Jack Friday, a relative of all of the plaintiffs, and his apprehension...

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