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ATWELL v. RETAIL CREDIT COMPANY

No. 13727.

431 F.2d 1008 (1970)

Jo Anne ATWELL, Appellee, v. RETAIL CREDIT COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (George C. Doub, Jr., and Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., and E. D. DeVaney, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., on brief), for appellant.

John T. Enoch, Baltimore, Md. (Bernard J. Sachs, Daniel E. Liebfeld and Goodman, Meagher & Enoch, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BRYAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge.

The dispositive issue in this appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff for libel committed in the dissemination of a confidential credit report is whether the claim is barred by the Maryland one year statute of limitations (Md. Code Ann. Art. 57, § 1). We find that it is, and direct entry of judgment for the defendant.

In 1965 Mrs. Atwell began to have difficulties regarding automobile insurance. From October 10 through some time...

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