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WALKER v. SAVELL

No. W-C-34-62.

243 F.Supp. 478 (1965)

Edwin A. WALKER, Plaintiff, v. Van H. SAVELL and Associated Press, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Mississippi, W. D.

June 15, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. J. Watts, Oklahoma City, Okl., Murray L. Williams, Water Valley, Miss., Joe W. Matthews, Dallas, Tex., John W. Capers, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff.

Fred B. Smith, Ripley, Miss., for defendant Van H. Savell.

Wells, Thomas & Wells, Jackson, Miss., for defendant Associated Press.

CLAYTON, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County, Mississippi, for damages allegedly resulting from the publication of a libelous news release, written by Van H. Savell and disseminated by Associated Press. Stripped of verbiage, the state court declaration alleged that plaintiff had gone to Oxford, Mississippi, in September, 1962, for lawful purposes; that while he was there, a riot occurred on the campus of the University...

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