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WINDSOR v. THE TENNESSEAN

No. 81-5668.

719 F.2d 155 (1983)

Richard L. WINDSOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE TENNESSEAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 12, 1983.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Huskey, Manchester, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joe B. Brown, U.S. Atty., Aaron Wyckoff, Nashville, Tenn., Barbara L. Herwig, R. Joseph Sher (argued), Civ. Div., Torts Branch, Washington, D.C., Alfred H. Knight, III (argued), Marian F. Harrison, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before EDWARDS and CONTIE, Circuit Judges, and MOYNAHAN, Chief District Judge.

CONTIE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Windsor, a former assistant United States attorney, appeals a district court order dismissing his complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Appellees are The Tennessean, a newspaper; John Seigenthaler, its publisher; Wayne Whitt and Carol Clurman, two of the newspaper's employees; and Hal Hardin, former United States attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The...

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