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McFARLAND v. HEARST CORPORATION

Civ. No. 18632.

332 F.Supp. 746 (1971)

Clarence W. McFARLAND v. The HEARST CORPORATION.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

October 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence W. McFarland, pro se.

Theodore Sherbow, John B. Jaske and Sherbow, Shea & Doyle, Baltimore, Md., for defendant.

THOMSEN, District Judge.

This is an action for defamation arising out of defendant's publication in The Baltimore News American on April 14, 1967, of a news article entitled "McFarland Denies Guilt". Plaintiff objects to the following portion of that article, which he alleges is untrue:

"Clarence W. McFarland, one of the most vicious criminals in the United States, pleaded innocent this morning in Federal Court to a charge of escaping from a federal jail...

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