YOUNG v. MEYER

No. CA-9087.

527 So.2d 391 (1988)

James E. YOUNG, Jr. v. Joseph MEYER, James Hodge, Neil Curran, The Times-Picayune Publishing Corp.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Dunn, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant James E. Young, Jr.

Joseph Meyer, Jr., New Orleans, in pro. per.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Rutledge C. Clement, Jr., Amelia J. Williams, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees James Hodge and the Times-Picayune Pub. Corp.

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and KLEES and WILLIAMS, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

In this defamation suit, the plaintiff appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of the defendants. We affirm.

The plaintiff, James E. Young was a candidate for judicial office for a judgeship on the First City Court for the City of New Orleans in 1980. On November 3, 1980, one day before the election, The Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation published an article in its newspaper authored by James Hodge titled "Candidate Fired From Job He...

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