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BELLIS v. TIMES-PICAYUNE

Civ. A. No. 9611.

226 F.Supp. 552 (1964)

Leon R. BELLIS, Plaintiff, v. The TIMES-PICAYUNE, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

January 20, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Toranto, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Peter G. Burke, Ashton Phelps, New Orleans La., for defendant.

AINSWORTH, District Judge:

This is a diversity action by a citizen of Illinois (who formerly resided in Louisiana) to recover damages for an alleged libel published by The Times-Picayune, a large daily morning newspaper in New Orleans. On December 17, 1958, the defendant published an article in its newspaper titled "Orleans Grand Juror Dropped" followed by the subheading, "Burglary Ring Probe Apparently Begun."1 The proceedings occurring...

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