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COX ENTERPRISES, INC. v. HOLT

No. 81-7130.

678 F.2d 936 (1982)

COX ENTERPRISES, INC., d/b/a The Atlanta Journal, and Darrell Simmons, Defendants-Appellants, v. Darwin HOLT, Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 14, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, John H. Morron, Birmingham, Ala., Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, Albert G. Norman, Jr., Gary R. Cunningham, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellants.

Robert J. Hayes, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, MERRITT and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge:

This diversity action for libel and invasion of privacy arises out of a series of newspaper articles published on the sports page of The Atlanta Journal in 1979. The initial issue is jurisdictional: whether on the facts the publisher defendant, Cox Enterprises, Inc., a Georgia corporation, or its reporter, Darrell Simmons, is amenable to service of process in a federal district court in Alabama under the law of this Circuit. We hold...

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