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LEVINE v. CMP PUBLICATIONS, INC.

No. 83-1362.

738 F.2d 660 (1984)

Richard C. LEVINE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CMP PUBLICATIONS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haynes & Boone, Donald C. Templin, Daniel E. Westbrook, Dallas, Tex., Townley & Updike, Andrew L. Hughes, New York City, for CMP.

Phalen, Chumlea & McQuality, Joseph G. Chumlea, Mark S. McQuality, Dallas, Tex., David Bragg, Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

CMP Publications, Inc. appeals the judgment entered against it after a jury trial in this libel action. CMP argues that the two allegedly libelous articles were privileged reports of judicial proceedings and that there was insufficient evidence of either negligence or actual malice to support the judgment of $267,501 in actual damages and $125,000 in punitive damages.1 We affirm the award of actual damages...

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