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CHILDRESS v. HEARST CORP.

No. 43659.

86 Wn.2d 486 (1976)

546 P.2d 108

TONY CHILDRESS, ET AL, Appellants, v. THE HEARST CORPORATION, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 11, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olwell, Boyle & Hattrup, by Lee Olwell, for appellants.

Foster, Pepper & Riviera and Daniel J. Riviera, for respondents.

P. Cameron DeVore and Marshall J. Nelson, amici curiae, on behalf of Allied Daily Newspapers.

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiffs (appellants), Tony and Faye Childress, appealed from a summary judgment dismissing their complaint for damages resulting from an allegedly defamatory article written by the defendant, Dick Clever, and published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, owned and operated by the defendant, Hearst Corporation.

The trial court found that the subject matter of the article related to a matter of public importance and dismissed the plaintiffs...

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