DOE v. DOE

Nos. 90-3226, 90-3536.

941 F.2d 280 (1991)

John DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhonda M. Benedetto, Lanny R. Zatzkis, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Francis A. Olivier, III, John L. Olivier, Sunset, La., for Davis and defendants-appellees.

Malcolm W. Monroe, Joseph L. Spilman, III, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for Nill.

Before WISDOM, JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Dr. Lucas A. DiLeo is a physician who lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1989, he filed two defamation lawsuits against the respective authors and publishers of two best-selling books, Contract on America: The Mafia Murder of President John F. Kennedy and Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Both books make passing mention of a Dr. Lucas A. DiLeo of New Orleans and arguably accuse him...

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