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MANBECK v. OSTROWSKI

No. 20203.

384 F.2d 970 (1967)

Jesse B. MANBECK, Appellant, v. Gerald S. OSTROWSKI, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Seymour J. Spelman, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. William Reback, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Joseph Patrick Clancy, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Charles R. Richey, Chevy Chase, Md., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and LEVENTHAL and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellee, an attorney, sued appellant, the president of a local labor union, in slander for a statement appellant allegedly made, during a monthly meeting of the union, in which appellee was called a "shyster." The complaint, later amended to charge malice and to demand punitive damages, was countered by appellant's general denial. The action, in due course, came on for a pre-trial conference in connection with which the...

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