SAENZ v. PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 87-1247.

841 F.2d 1309 (1988)

Adolph SAENZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. and Roger Morris, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith G. Fabrizi and R. Clayton Trotter, Trotter, Trotter & Fabrizi, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

R. Dickey Hamilton, Miller, Shakman, Nathan & Hamilton, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, FLAUM, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an extensive district court opinion dismissing the plaintiff's defamation action on a motion for summary judgment.

I. FACTS

A. The "OPS"

Appellant, Adolph Saenz, alleges that a March, 1981 article appearing in Playboy Magazine, entitled "Thirty-Six Hours at Santa Fe," falsely accuses him of complicity in the torture of political dissidents while serving as an official of the United...

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