SKEOCH v. OTTLEY

No. 15966.

377 F.2d 804 (1967)

Gordon M. SKEOCH, Appellant, v. Earle B. OTTLEY, Mario De Chabert, Patrick Williams, Fay Truitt, Warren Brown, Randall James, James Brooks, Eric Carroll, Henrick McAlpin, Leroy Arnold and Raymond Plaskett.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren H. Young, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I. (Young & Isherwood, Christiansted, St. Croix, on the brief), for appellant.

Alfred L. Scanlan, Washington, D. C. (John L. Maduro, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., Shea & Gardner, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before STALEY, Chief Judge, and FREEDMAN and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of the Virgin Islands denying plaintiff's alternative motions for judgment n. o. v. and new trial following special jury verdicts for defendants.1

The complaint charged defendants both as conspirators and as individuals with having libelled plaintiff. Plaintiff is a prominent St. Croix businessman, president of a corporation...

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