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GOSPEL SPREADING CHURCH v. JOHNSON PUBLISHING CO.

No. 24676.

454 F.2d 1050 (1971)

GOSPEL SPREADING CHURCH, Appellant, v. JOHNSON PUBLISHING CO., Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur M. Reynolds, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Belford V. Lawson, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

PER CURIAM:

This action in libel was brought by a nonprofit corporation, organized for religious purposes, which operates a federation of nine churches located in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The corporation was founded in approximately 1919 by Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux. He was also its chief spiritual leader and chief executive officer and is now deceased. The article which is the basis for the action was published by defendant...

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