HOLT v. COX ENTERPRISES

No. C82-2847A.

590 F.Supp. 408 (1984)

Darwin HOLT v. COX ENTERPRISES, The Atlanta Journal Newspapers and Darrell Simmons.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

March 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hilliard R. Reddick, Jr., Hardin & Hollis, Birmingham, Ala., Malcolm D. Young, Jr., R. Hal Meeks, Jr., Peterson, Young, Self & Asselin, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff.

John H. Morrow, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, Ala., Albert G. Norman, Jr., Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants.


ORDER

RICHARD C. FREEMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Darwin Holt seeks damages for libel and invasion of privacy. The action is before the court on the defendants' motion for summary judgment, Rule 56, Fed.R. Civ.P., and the plaintiff's opposition thereto. For the reasons that follow, the court will grant the defendants' motion.

Holt's claims are based on five newspaper articles published in September 1979 by defendant Cox Enterprises, Inc. Each of...

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