LITTLE v. BRELAND

No. 94-6668.

93 F.3d 755 (1996)

K. Carl LITTLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Debbie BRELAND, Mobile Press Register, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Robert O. Bostwick, Jr., Mobile Convention and Visitor's Corporation, Defendants, AmSouth Bank N.A., Commonwealth National Bank, Gulf Federal Bank, Garnishee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony G. Miller, Maibeth J. Porter, Lorrie L. Lizak, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, Birmingham, AL, for appellant.

Edward S. Sledge III, Henry A. Callaway III, Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, Mobile, AL, for appellees.

Before EDMONDSON and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and FARRIS, Senior Circuit Judge.


FARRIS, Senior Circuit Judge:

K. Carl Little appeals the district court's holding that his resignation as president of the Mobile Convention & Visitors Corporation was a matter of public controversy thereby making Little a limited purpose public figure. He contends that the district court erred in instructing the jury that he must prove the Mobile Press Register acted with actual malice to establish liability. We AFFIRM.

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