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CURRAN v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC.

497 Pa. 163 (1981)

439 A.2d 652

Robert E.J. CURRAN, Appellant, v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., a/k/a The Philadelphia Inquirer. Robert E.J. CURRAN, Appellant, v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., d/b/a The Philadelphia Inquirer, a Pennsylvania Corporation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 22, 1981.

Reargument Denied January 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Binns, Philadelphia, Garland D. Cherry, Media, for appellant.

David H. Weinstein, Samuel E. Klein, David H. Marion, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and WILKINSON, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

These are libel actions brought by the former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Philadelphia, appellant Robert Curran, against the publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer, appellee Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. In the first action, appellant seeks damages for articles published by appellee in April of 1976 which reported appellant's resignation from office. In...

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