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RYDER v. TIME, INC.

No. 75-1909.

557 F.2d 824 (1976)

Richard J. RYDER, Appellant, v. TIME, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert C. Boehm, Arlington, Va., for appellant. Joseph H. Newlin, Arlington, Va., was on the brief for appellant.

John H. Pickering, Washington, D. C., with whom Michael L. Burack, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellee.

Before WRIGHT and ROBB, Circuit Judges, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California.

Opinion for the Court filed by WEIGEL, District Judge.

WEIGEL, District Judge:

This unusual libel case has arisen because two Virginia attorneys have the same first and last names.

Plaintiff Richard J. Ryder practices law in Annandale, Virginia, which is a suburb of Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from January, 1970, to December, 1971, and an unsuccessful candidate for the Virginia State Senate in November,...

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