ROBERSON v. HARRIS

No. 19056.

393 F.2d 123 (1968)

Mattie Lee ROBERSON, Appellant, v. Carleton HARRIS et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. E. Snuggs, El Dorado, Ark., for appellant.

A. F. House, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge, and MATTHES and LAY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This action was filed June 1, 1967 against the Justices of the Supreme Court of Arkansas in the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. The complaint alleged, in substance, that an opinion of the Supreme Court of Arkansas in Roberson v. Hamilton, [240 Ark. 898] 405 S.W.2d 253 (1966), was libelous. Plaintiff sought actual and punitive damages.

The defendants moved to dismiss for lack...

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