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WORTHAM v. LITTLE ROCK NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 81-97.

618 S.W.2d 156 (1981)

Buel Ray WORTHAM, Appellant, v. LITTLE ROCK NEWSPAPERS, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. W. Laster and C. James Kubicek, Little Rock, for appellant.

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, for appellee.

HICKMAN, Justice.

Buel Ray Wortham filed a defamation suit against Little Rock Newspapers, Inc., which publishes a state-wide newspaper, the Arkansas Democrat. He asked for compensatory and punitive damages. Wortham held a license to sell beer at the Sportsman's Inn and he claimed that a series of articles printed by the Democrat caused him to lose profits and prevented him from selling the Sportsman's Inn.

The circuit court granted the newspaper's motion...

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