LIBERTY LOBBY, INC. v. REES

C.A. No. 84-3452.

667 F.Supp. 1 (1986)

LIBERTY LOBBY, INC., Plaintiff, v. John REES, Sheila Louise Rees and the Information Digest, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Branson, Sharon A. Sprague, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Mark Lane, Linda Huber, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REVERCOMB, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendants' motion for summary judgment and the plaintiff's opposition thereto. Oral argument was heard July 21, 1986.

This is a defamation action, commenced on November 14, 1984 by plaintiff, a not-for-profit corporation and self-described "citizens' lobby".

The plaintiff filed this diversity libel action in the United States District Court for the...

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