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APPLEWHITE v. MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY

495 S.W.2d 190 (1973)

Sammy D. APPLEWHITE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Conley, Charles E. Maness, Maness, Conley & Hayes, Union City, for plaintiff-appellant.

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., of Tenn., C. Hayes Cooney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville for Memphis State University.

J. Alan Hanover, Allen S. Blair, Hanover, Walsh, Barnes & Jalenak, Memphis, for Memphis State University Press.

J.B. Cobb, Memphis, for Paul J. Vanderwood.

OPINION

DYER, Chief Justice.

This is a direct appeal from the judgment of the trial judge sustaining the motions to dismiss filed by each of the defendants, after determining the cause of action was barred by the applicable statute of limitations and by the doctrine of sovereign immunity as it applied to some of the defendants.

On December 2, 1970, the plaintiff, Sammy D. Applewhite, filed this suit alleging that a book entitled "Night Riders of...

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