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WELLS v. LIDDY

No. 98-1962.

186 F.3d 505 (1999)

Ida Maxwell WELLS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G. Gordon LIDDY, Defendant-Appellee, Phillip Mackin Bailley, Movant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David M. Dorsen, Wallace, King, Marraro & Branson, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Kerrie L. Hook, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John B. Williams, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.; Ty Cobb, Hogan & Hartson, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Before WILKINS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and LEE, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Ida Maxwell "Maxie" Wells, who was a secretary at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for a short time in 1972, filed a defamation action against G. Gordon Liddy stemming from his advocation of an alternative theory explaining the purpose of the June 17, 1972, Watergate break-in. During several public appearances and on a world wide web site Liddy stated that the burglars' objective during the Watergate break-in was to...

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