STACK v. CAPITAL-GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 978, September Term, 1980.

48 Md. App. 429 (1981)

427 A.2d 1066

RICHARD L. STACK v. CAPITAL-GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Jay Bennett for appellant.

Peter F. Axelrad, with whom were Mary K. Farmer and Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before LISS, COUCH and WEANT, JJ.


COUCH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal involves the propriety of an order of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County by which it granted a motion for a directed verdict in favor of Capital-Gazette Newspapers, Inc. in a libel action brought by appellant, Richard L. Stack. Appellant was a Republican candidate in District 32 for the Maryland Senate in the November, 1978 general election, an election he lost to his Democratic opponent. The instant...

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