PEARSON v. DODD

No. 21910.

410 F.2d 701 (1969)

Drew PEARSON and Jack Anderson, Appellants, v. Thomas J. DODD, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1969.

Certiorari Denied June 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Donovan, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Warren Woods and Mrs. Betty Southard Murphy, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. John F. Sonnett, New York City, with whom Mr. Donald J. Mulvihill, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, TAMM and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied June 9, 1969. See 89 S.Ct. 2021.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of the exposure of the alleged misdeeds of Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut by newspaper columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson. The District Court has granted partial summary judgment to Senator Dodd, appellee here, finding liability on a theory of conversion. At the same time, the court denied partial summary judgment on the theory of invasion of...

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