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JOHNSTON v. CARTWRIGHT

Nos. 17898, 17913.

355 F.2d 32 (1966)

Robert W. JOHNSTON, Appellant, v. H. G. CARTWRIGHT, Appellee. KIOWA CORPORATION, Walter Brown and H. G. Cartwright, Appellants, v. Robert W. JOHNSTON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lex Hawkins, Des Moines, Iowa, for Robert W. Johnston.

Harry Druker, Cartwright, Druker, Ryden & Fagg, Marshalltown, Iowa, for appellants Kiowa Corp. and Walter Brown.

Burns H. Davison, II, John Paul Jones and W. C. Hoffmann, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant H. G. Cartwright.

Before VOGEL, Chief Judge, and BLACKMUN and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.

This diversity action for general and punitive damages for malicious defamation was instituted by Robert W. Johnston against Kiowa Corporation, Walter Brown, and H. G. Cartwright. Kiowa is engaged in the die-casting business in Marshalltown, Iowa. Brown is its executive vice-president. Cartwright is Kiowa's attorney. He also represents the Marshalltown Times-Republican, a newspaper of general circulation. The plaintiff Johnston is regional...

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