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KELLER v. MIAMI HERALD PUB. CO.

Nos. 84-5506, 84-5641.

778 F.2d 711 (1985)

Arlene KELLER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gerald D. Keller, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING CO., a Florida corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Arlene KELLER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gerald D. Keller, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING CO., a Florida corporation, and Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc., a Florida corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Peoples, R. Stuart Huff, Coral Gables, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomson, Zeder, Bohrer, Werth, Adorno & Razook, Sanford L. Bohrer, Laura G. Pula, Richard Ovelmen, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, and SIMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 24, 1986.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The principal question presented in these consolidated appeals1 is whether an editorial cartoon defamed the appellant's decedent. The district court concluded that the cartoon was not capable of being interpreted as a defamatory statement of fact and therefore granted appellees' motions for summary judgment. We agree with the district court's conclusion...

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