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DOSTERT v. WASHINGTON POST CO.

Civ. A. No. 81-0027-M(H).

531 F.Supp. 165 (1982)

Pierre E. DOSTERT, Plaintiff, v. WASHINGTON POST COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. West Virginia, Martinsburg Division.

February 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert G. Underwood, Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, W. Va., for plaintiff.

David E. Kendall, Kevin T. Baine, Gerson A. Zweifach, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HADEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a public official,1 brings this libel action2 against the Washington Post Company to recover both compensatory and punitive damages for injury to his reputation allegedly resulting from an article published in the Defendant's newspaper on August 20, 1981. Defendant moves this Court to dismiss this action for failure to state a claim upon...

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