WEBSTER v. SUN CO., INC.

Nos. 83-1592, 83-1593.

731 F.2d 1 (1984)

Sherwood WEBSTER, Appellant, v. SUN COMPANY, INC., et al. WEBSTER-HEISE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. SUN COMPANY, INC., et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plato Cacheris, Washington, D.C., with whom Larry S. Gondelman, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellants.

John W. Nields, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Margaret M. Zwisler, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before TAMM and STARR, Circuit Judges, and J. SMITH HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge TAMM.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Sherwood Webster and the Webster-Heise Corporation contest the district court's summary judgment dismissing their libel claims. The district court found that the allegedly defamatory statements were protected by the common law privilege for communications preliminary to a legislative proceeding. Because the district court...

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