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PITTMAN v. DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC.

No. 87-3548 Summary Calendar.

834 F.2d 1171 (1987)

John PITTMAN and Iddo Pittman, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC., d/b/a The Wall Street Journal, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iddo Pittman, Jr., Tom H. Matheny, Pittman & Matheny, Hammond, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jack M. Weiss, Mary Louise Strong, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The district court's order and reasons in this case, 662 F.Supp. 921 (E.D.La.1987), were sensitive to the court's role as an Erie court. Finding no support in the Louisiana law for the plaintiffs' theories of recovery in tort or in contract, the district court dismissed the plaintiffs' case. The plaintiffs' appellate brief cites no new authority, but simply urges us as a matter of public policy to place the...

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