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SPEER v. OTTAWAY NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Nos. 86-2180, 86-2222.

828 F.2d 475 (1987)

Don R. SPEER, Appellant, v. OTTAWAY NEWSPAPERS, INC., Appellee. Don R. SPEER, Appellee, v. OTTAWAY NEWSPAPERS, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Manners, Independence, Mo., for appellant.

Charles Buchanan, Joplin, Mo., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAGG, Circuit Judge.

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Don R. Speer, a police officer, appeals the entry of judgment notwithstanding the verdict against him in his libel suit against Ottaway Newspapers, Inc., owner of the Joplin, Missouri, Globe. The district court based its posttrial ruling on the insufficiency of evidence to establish the Globe's actual malice. Speer argues the court committed error in refusing to attribute to the Globe the knowledge of its reporter gained in...

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