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SCHAEFER v. LYNCH

No. 81-C-1409.

406 So.2d 185 (1981)

Roy B. SCHAEFER, Jr. v. Bill LYNCH and the Times Picayune Publishing Corporation.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Weiss, Rutledge C. Clement, Shawn B. Rafferty of Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, F. W. Middleton, Jr. of Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for defendant-relator.

Robert L. Kleinpeter of Kleinpeter, Kleinpeter & Kleinpeter, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-respondent.

WATSON, Justice.

The issue in this defamation case is whether defendants are entitled to a summary judgment.

Plaintiff is Roy B. Schaefer, Jr. and defendants are Bill Lynch and the Times Picayune Publishing Corporation. Schaefer alleged that a news article which was printed in the New Orleans States-Item Newspaper was false and defamatory.1 He also alleged that Bill Lynch wrote the article...

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