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BELL v. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Civ. A. No. 83-0907.

584 F.Supp. 128 (1984)

Theo BELL, Plaintiff, v. The ASSOCIATED PRESS, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Kenneth Mundy, Leslie R. Crawford, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Roger A. Clark, Thomas A. Shoesmith, Stuart M. Goldberg, Rogers & Wells, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

On March 29, 1982, the Associated Press moved on its sports wire, and various newspapers subsequently published, a story reading in pertinent part as follows:

Tampa Bay wide receiver Theo Bell, a member of the National Football League 1979 Champion Pittsburgh Steelers, is being sought on a bench warrant for alleged lewdness at a casino hotel, authorities said Monday.

It later turned out that...

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