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PATCH v. PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 80-1241.

652 F.2d 754 (1981)

Richard M. PATCH, Appellant, v. PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. and Frank Browning, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 7, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Dickey Hamilton (argued), Sharon Baldwin, Shadur, Krupp & Miller, Chicago, Ill., John T. Martin, Sam L. Colville, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.

Edward P. McSweeney (argued), John D. Anderson, for appellant.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, ROSS and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 11, 1981.

PER CURIAM.

Richard Patch allegedly was libeled by an article in the February 1976 issue of Playboy. Approximately twenty-three months after its first publication, on December 30, 1977, Patch brought this action in Missouri state court against Playboy Enterprises, Inc., and the author of the article1 for libel. After removal to the United States District Court for the...

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