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ARMY TIMES PUB. CO. v. WATTS

No. 83-7220.

730 F.2d 1398 (1984)

ARMY TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, v. Robert E. WATTS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 26, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Horne, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., M. Roland Nachman, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

Albert W. Copeland, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, Dexter C. Hobbs, Thomas T. Gallion, III, Will Gunter, Gallion, Gallion & Gunter, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KRAVITCH, JOHNSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, Robert E. Watts, Gregory Pritchett, and Continental Hotel Group, Inc., brought suit against defendant Army Times Publishing Company (ATPC) alleging that they were libeled by an article published in the defendant's publication, Federal Times. Entitled "The Best Little Whorehouse?", the article concerned a congressional inquiry into a loan guarantee of almost one million dollars made by the FHA to refurbish a motel owned...

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