McBRIDE v. OWENS

Civ. A. No. 77-H-591.

454 F.Supp. 731 (1978)

Lawrence C. McBRIDE, Plaintiff, v. Robert OWENS, Jack Cloherty, Washington Star Communications, Inc., the Times Mirror Company d/b/a the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, the Denver Post, the Sentinel Star Company d/b/a the Orlando Sentinel Star, and Long Island Daily Press Publishing Company, Inc., d/b/a the Long Island Press, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

July 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger R. Wright, Jr., Houston, Tex., George H. Kolb, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff.

Glen E. Clover, Houston, Tex., for Robert Owens & Jack Cloherty.

Stuart F. Pierson, Washington, D. C., for Washington Star.

D. L. Case, Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, Dallas, Tex., for the Times Mirror Co.

Allister M. Waldrop, Jr., Baker & Botts, Houston, Tex., for defendants.


ORDER

SINGLETON, District Judge.

The above styled and numbered cause is a diversity action brought by plaintiff to recover damages for the publication of an allegedly libelous article in November, 1976, and for the invasion of plaintiff's right of privacy with respect to such article. Defendants are four newspapers, a syndicator of the article, and two individuals who wrote the article. Defendants have filed...

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