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READ v. NEWS-JOURNAL CO.

474 A.2d 119 (1984)

Walter A. READ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEWS-JOURNAL CO., John Curley, Gannett Co., Inc. and Tom Greer, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter A. Read, pro se.

Louis J. Finger, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for appellees.

Before HORSEY and MOORE, JJ., and HARTNETT, Vice Chancellor.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal of a libel action concerns the scope of the privilege afforded news articles reporting judicial proceedings. Plaintiff, Walter A. Read, appeals from Superior Court's dismissal of his libel suit against News-Journal Co. and Gannett Co., Inc., publisher and owner of the Wilmington Morning News, and its reporter, Tom Greer. The Complaint alleges that Read was libeled by defendants' publishing of a news...

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