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DeROBURT v. GANNETT CO., INC.

Nos. 83-1518, 83-1847.

733 F.2d 701 (1984)

Hammer DeROBURT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GANNETT CO., INC., Guam Publications, Inc., d/b/a Pacific Daily News, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Walsh, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

David Dezzani, Goodsill, Anderson, & Quinn, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees.

Before CHAMBERS, SNEED and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Hammer DeRoburt, appeals the dismissal of his libel suit wherein Gannett Co., Inc. and Guam Publications, Inc., d/b/a Pacific Daily News allegedly published a libelous article accusing appellant of making an illegal loan to the Marshall Islands Political States Commission (MIPSC).

Appellant is the president of Nauru, an island republic in the Pacific. DeRoburt was first elected president in May, 1968, but was replaced in...

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