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WOLSTON v. READER'S DIGEST ASS'N, INC.

No. 77-1329.

578 F.2d 427 (1978)

Ilya WOLSTON, Appellant, v. The READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC., d/b/a Reader's Digest Press, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Dickstein, Washington, D. C., with whom Stephen G. Kozey, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant.

John J. Buckley, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom John W. Vardaman, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellees.

Before ROBINSON, MacKINNON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBB.

ROBB, Circuit Judge:

In this action for libel Ilya Wolston sues the author, John Barron, and the publishers of a book entitled "KGB: The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents". The defendant The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (Reader's Digest) is the initial publisher and the defendants Bantam Books, Inc., Book-of-the-Month Club and MacMillan Book Clubs, Inc., are subsequent publishers under contract arrangements...

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