DeROBURT v. GANNETT CO., INC.

No. 85-2888.

859 F.2d 714 (1988)

Hammer DeROBURT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GANNETT CO., INC., a Delaware corporation, and Guam Publications, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, both dba Pacific Daily News, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton G. Rosen, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, Santa Monica, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

John B. McCrory, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before CHAMBERS, SNEED and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is a diversity libel action brought by Hammer DeRoburt, President of the Independent Republic of Nauru. Defendants are Gannett and its wholly owned subsidiary Guam Publications, Inc., publisher of Pacific Daily News.

The case was previously before us in DeRoburt v. Gannett Co., Inc., 733 F.2d 701 (9th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1159, 105 S.Ct. 909, 83 L.Ed.2d 923 (1985) (error for trial...

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