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CARSON v. ALLIED NEWS CO.

No. 75-1763.

529 F.2d 206 (1976)

John W. CARSON and Joanna Holland, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALLIED NEWS COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation, and National Insider, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1976.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Levy, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Burton Joseph, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 8, 1976.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The principal issue on appeal is whether summary judgment was properly entered against "public figures" prosecuting a libel suit or whether "actual malice" was shown with convincing clarity to warrant a jury determination of that issue under New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964).

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