FADELL v. MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE CO., INC.

No. 77-1126.

557 F.2d 107 (1977)

Thomas R. FADELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE COMPANY, INC., George Crile, Anne Crile, John Cowles, Jr., Russell Barnard and Robert Shnayerson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell E. Enslen, Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Roger Bryant Hunting, New York City, Daniel F. Kelly, Hammond, Ind., John W. Vardaman, Jr. and John B. Kuhns, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, SPRECHER and TONE, Circuit Judges.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

We are required to review the application of the New York Times rule to an alleged defamatory publication relating to a public official.

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