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LITTLEFIELD v. FORT DODGE MESSENGER

No. 79-1215.

614 F.2d 581 (1980)

Paul William LITTLEFIELD, Appellant, v. FORT DODGE MESSENGER, a newspaper published daily by Messenger Printing Company, a division of The Ogden Newspapers, Inc., a corporation, and Mike Glover, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 2, 1980.

Certiorari Denied March 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul William Littlefield, pro se.

Herbert R. Bennett, Bennett, Beisser & Wilke, Fort Dodge, Iowa, for appellees.

Before LAY, HEANEY and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Paul Littlefield appeals from the dismissal of his libel complaint by the court below.1 We affirm.

On August 6, 1973, in the Fayetteville Circuit Court for the State of Kentucky, Littlefield, a lawyer, pled guilty to the misdemeanor of attempting to commit a felony. He was placed on three years probation which was conditioned in part on his forsaking the practice of law for the duration of the probation....

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