GLOVER v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC.

No. 78-1835.

594 F.2d 715 (1979)

Merton GLOVER, Leonard Schultz, Donald Deckert, et al., Appellants, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of R.C.A. Corp., a Delaware Corporation, and Fred Briggs, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Schultz, Batesland, S. D., filed brief for appellants.

Carleton G. Eldridge, Jr., of Coudert Brothers, Pierre, S. D., Robert C. Riter, Sr., and Robert D. Hofer of Riter, Mayer, Hofer & Riter, New York City, filed brief for appellees.

Before BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


ORDER

Forty-six individual plaintiffs (collectively, appellants) appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment in this libel action in favor of the defendants-appellees, National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and Fred Briggs. We affirm.

The appellants are alleged in the complaint to be ranchers leasing land on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota or persons closely associated with such ranchers. Appellants complain that the following...

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