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BRITT v. KNIGHT PUBLISHING COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 66-237.

291 F.Supp. 781 (1968)

Robert Gordon BRITT, Plaintiff, v. KNIGHT PUBLISHING COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court D. South Carolina, Rock Hill Division.

November 1, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrell L. Glenn, and Charles Porter, of Glenn & Porter, and Henry Hammer, Columbia, S. C., for plaintiff.

David W. Robinson, Columbia, S. C., for defendant.

ORDER

HEMPHILL, District Judge.

Plaintiff instituted suit for libel, tried before the court and a jury at Spartanburg, South Carolina, September 16th and 17th, 1968. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for actual damages.

Defendant now moves for a judgment in its favor, notwithstanding the verdict, on the grounds:

1. The court should have directed a verdict for the defendant upon the ground that the publications were qualifiedly...

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