McNAIR v. HEARST CORPORATION

No. 71-2839.

494 F.2d 1309 (1974)

Lee R. McNAIR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The HEARST CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald F. Collier (argued), Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel J. Riviera (argued), Ashley, Foster, Pepper & Riviera, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellee.

Before MERRILL and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, District Judge.


OPINION

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is taken from a grant of summary judgment in favor of the appellee in a libel suit brought by appellant with jurisdiction founded on diversity of citizenship. Upon this appeal the question is whether issues of fact remained for resolution at trial. In our judgment they did. Accordingly, summary judgment was premature.

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