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NADER v. de TOLEDANO

No. 13019.

408 A.2d 31 (1979)

Ralph NADER, Appellant, v. Ralph de TOLEDANO and Copley Press, Inc., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 31, 1979.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Nussbaum, Washington, D. C., with whom Ronald G. Precup and Lucien Hilmer, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellant.

Nicholas S. McConnell, Washington, D. C., with whom Kenneth Wells Parkinson, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellee Ralph de Toledano.

John R. Keys, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Reilly, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellee Copley Press, Inc.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from summary judgment for the defendants in a libel action brought by Ralph Nader against journalist Ralph de Toledano and his syndicator, Copley Press, Inc., for statements made by de Toledano in a column distributed by Copley. In determining whether summary judgment was properly entered against appellant, we are called upon to decide a threshold issue of first impression in this court — the showing which a public figure...

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