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PHILLIPS v. WASHINGTON MAGAZINE, INC.

No. 631, September Term, 1983.

58 Md. App. 30 (1984)

472 A.2d 98

DAVID ATLEE PHILLIPS v. WASHINGTON MAGAZINE, INC. ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Denied June 7, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Bierbower, Washington, D.C., with whom were William J. Bierbower and Bierbower & Bierbower, Washington, D.C., on brief, for appellant.

Peter F. Axelrad, Baltimore, with whom were Shale D. Stiller, Clifford C. Whitney, III, and Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, Baltimore, on brief, for appellees.

Argued before LISS, GARRITY and GETTY, JJ.

LISS, Judge.

This appeal involves an action for libel and invasion of privacy in which the appellant, David Atlee Phillips, a retired officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (hereafter "CIA") sought to recover compensatory and punitive damages from the appellees herein, Washington Magazine, Inc., John A. Limpert, Phillip Merrill and Gaeton Fonzi.

Appellant's claim is based upon allegations contained in an article entitled "Who Killed JFK?", published in...

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