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DURGIN v. GRAHAM

No. 23070.

372 F.2d 130 (1967)

Franklin W. DURGIN, Catherine Durgin, and Orpha Durgin, Appellants, v. John T. GRAHAM, M. Smith Burns, B. Clarke Nichols, and Lindsay Newspapers, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 27, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin W. Durgin and Catherine Durgin, pro se.

B. Clarke Nichols, Naples, Fla., Tom Fairfield Brown, Tampa, Fla., for appellees.

Before GEWIN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This suit for libel was instituted in the Federal District Court against the individual defendants, appellees here. Jurisdiction is pegged on diversity and the cause of action arises from a series of incidents involving the Sarasota Juvenile Court (appellees John T. Graham and M. Smith Burns, judge and chief counselor, respectively), the Assistant State Attorney (appellee B. Clarke Nichols), and the Publisher of the Sarasota Herald Tribune (appellee Lindsa...

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