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ANDERSON v. HEARST PUB. CO.

No. 16075-C.

120 F.Supp. 850 (1954)

ANDERSON v. HEARST PUB. CO., Inc. et al.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

April 20, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keatinge, Arnold & Zack, George L. Arnold, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Lawler, Felix & Hall, A. Laurence Mitchell, John M. Hall, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant, Hearst Pub. Co. Inc.

JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge.

The plaintiff brought this action for libel against the Hearst Publishing Company Inc., and Westbrook Pegler. No service has been made on Pegler, but the Hearst Publishing Company Inc., hereafter called the defendant, moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim. The case is here on the basis of diversity of citizenship.

I.

The Demand for Retraction.

The alleged libel was a lengthy article, three columns...

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