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SMITH v. McDONALD

No. 83-1509.

737 F.2d 427 (1984)

David I. SMITH, Appellee, v. Robert McDONALD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. Ennis, Washington, D.C. (Geoffrey P. Miller, Kit Kinports, Ennis, Friedman, Bersoff & Ewing, Washington, D.C., McNeill Smith, H. Miles Foy, III, Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter, Greensboro, on brief), for appellant.

Henry Blinder, Durham, N.C. (B.F. Wood, Latham, Wood & Abernathy, Graham, N.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Robert McDonald, asserting absolute privilege as a defense to an action for libel, appeals from an order denying his motion for judgment on the pleadings. We affirm.

McDonald sent two letters to the President of the United States, with copies to several people in his administration and members of Congress, suggesting that David I. Smith, who was seeking appointment as United States Attorney in North Carolina, was not fit for...

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