TAVOULAREAS v. PIRO

Nos. 83-1604, 83-1605.

759 F.2d 90 (1985)

William P. TAVOULAREAS, Appellant, Peter Tavoulareas v. Philip PIRO. William P. TAVOULAREAS, Appellant, Peter Tavoulareas v. The WASHINGTON POST COMPANY, d/b/a the Washington Post, a Delaware Corporation, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1985.

Rehearings Denied June 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Walsh, New York City, of the Bar of the Court of Appeals of N.Y., pro hac vice by special leave of Court, with whom Joseph A. Artabane, Washington, D.C. and Charles Alan Wright, Austin, Tex., were on brief, for appellant.

David E. Kendall, Washington, D.C., with whom Irving Younger, Kevin T. Baine and Scott M. Matheson, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees The Washington Post Co. and Patrick E. Tyler.

H. Bartow Farr, III, Washington, D.C., with whom Paul M. Smith, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellee Sandy Golden.

David Machanic, Washington, D.C., for appellee Philip Piro.

Daniel J. Popeo, Washington, D.C., was on brief for amicus curiae, American Legal Foundation, urging reversal.

Before WRIGHT and SCALIA, Circuit Judges, and MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

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  I.  BACKGROUND FACTS..................................................  98

 II.  THE LEGAL STANDARD................................................  103

III.  DEFAMATION...

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