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MacELREE v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPER, INC.

437 Pa.Super. 598 (1994)

650 A.2d 1068

Honorable James P. MacELREE, II, Appellant, v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPER, INC. and B.J. Phillips, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 5, 1994.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted March 2, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Sprague, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Vernon L. Francis, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before OLSZEWSKI, DEL SOLE and BECK, JJ.

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

In April of 1993, the Honorable Judge James MacElree (MacElree) sued Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. (the Inquirer) and its reporter B.J. Phillips for defamation. His claim stems from a short article Phillips wrote about an altercation at Lincoln University, which briefly mentioned MacElree (then the Chester County District Attorney). The article explored the racial aspects of this incident, and...

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