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EX PARTE WILSON

No. 80-820.

408 So.2d 94 (1981)

Ex parte: Andrew WILSON. (In Re: Andrew WILSON v. The BIRMINGHAM POST COMPANY, a Corporation; The Birmingham News Company, a Corporation; Angus McEachran, Katharine Biele and James E. O'Beirne).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert G. Lewis, III of Turner, Turner & Turner, Tuscaloosa, for petitioner.

John H. Morrow and Lant B. Davis of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, for The Birmingham Post Co.

James C. Barton of Johnston, Barton, Proctor, Swedlaw & Naff, Birmingham, for The Birmingham News Co.

David M. Olive of McMillan & Spratling, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Press Ass'n.

Richard H. Gill of Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Trial Lawyers' Ass'n.

BEATTY, Justice.

Petition for a writ of mandamus directed to the Honorable J. C. Norton, Judge of the Circuit Court of Hale County. The writ is denied.

On November 10, 1980, plaintiff, a resident of Hale County, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Hale County against The Birmingham Post Company, The Birmingham News Company, Angus McEachran and Katharine Biele, seeking damages for the publication of an allegedly libelous article in the September 27, 1980 edition...

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