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McCARNEY v. DES MOINES REGISTER & TRIBUNE CO.

No. 2-57145.

239 N.W.2d 152 (1976)

Patrick J. McCARNEY, Appellee, v. DES MOINES REGISTER AND TRIBUNE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 18, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Riley and Hedo M. Zacherle, Des Moines, and David P. Poula, Iowa City, for appellant.

Meardon, Sueppel, Downer & Hayes, Iowa City, for appellee.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and LeGRAND, REES, REYNOLDSON and McCORMICK, JJ.

LeGRAND, Justice.

We authorized this interlocutory appeal under Rule 332, Rules of Civil Procedure, to consider the right of a public officer to recover from a newspaper for allegedly false and libelous statements published about him.

It is a case of unusual significance because we have not faced a similar issue since New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686, 95 A.L. R.2d 1412 was decided...

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