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BLAKE v. GANNETT CO., INC.

No. 57341.

529 So.2d 595 (1988)

P.L. BLAKE v. GANNETT COMPANY, INC., Gannett News Service, Inc., and Mississippi Publishers Corporation.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred D. Thompson, Thompson & Bussart, Nashville, Tenn., James W. Burgoon, Jr., Fraiser, Burgoon & Abraham, Greenwood, for appellant.

Luther T. Munford, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, John C. Henegan, R. Andrew Taggart, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, for appellees.

En Banc:

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

P.L. Blake filed a complaint on December 7, 1984, in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, against Gannett Co., Inc., Gannett News Service, Inc. and Mississippi Publishers Corporation alleging libel and false light invasion of privacy. The action is brought as a result of articles written in the defendants' newspaper and newswire service concerning the Federal Farm Loan Program of the Farmers Home Administration.

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