BECKER v. PHILCO CORPORATION

Civ. A. Nos. 3081, 3082.

234 F.Supp. 10 (1964)

Leo George BECKER, Plaintiff, v. PHILCO CORPORATION, Defendant. James J. TAGLIA, Plaintiff, v. PHILCO CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, at Alexandria.

September 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Tavenner, Falls Church, Va., for plaintiffs.

William W. Koontz, of Boothe, Dudley, Koontz & Blankingship, Alexandria, Va., and Laidler B. Mackall, of Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


LEWIS, District Judge.

These are suits for libel. The defendant pleads absolute privilege and moved to dismiss on that ground. Affidavits and exhibits were introduced in support of the motion, converting it to a motion for summary judgment. (Rule 12(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.)

The gravamen of both complaints is that a former employee of Philco Corporation, one Patricia Poole, under date of July 17, 1963, wrote the security officer of the defendant...

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