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SIMONSON v. UNITED PRESS INTERN., INC.

No. 80-2708.

654 F.2d 478 (1981)

Archie E. SIMONSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, INC., and The Associated Press, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Schulz, Petrie, Stocking, Meixner & Zeisig, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Evan J. Cutting, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, Andrew O. Riteris, Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether the district court properly dismissed upon summary judgment plaintiff-appellant Archie E. Simonson's defamation of character suit against defendants-appellees, United Press International (UPI) and Associated Press (AP). We affirm the judgment of the district court, 500 F.Supp. 1261.

On April 10, 1978, Simonson, a former county court judge for Dane County, Wisconsin...

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