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PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. CHURCH

No. 8122.

103 Ariz. 582 (1968)

447 P.2d 840

PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC., a corporation; Eugene C. Pulliam and Michael Padev, Appellants, v. Wade CHURCH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona. In Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gust, Rosenfeld & Divelbess, Snell & Wilmer, by Mark Wilmer, Phoenix, for appellants.

Leibsohn, Goldstein & Weeks, by Philip T. Goldstein, Phoenix, for appellee.

LOCKWOOD, Justice:

Appellee Wade Church was Attorney General of the State of Arizona at the time of the commencement of this suit for libel on May 11, 1959. His claim was based upon an alleged libelous editorial which appeared on the front page of the Arizona Republic, one of two daily newspapers published by appellant, Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. Appellant Eugene C. Pulliam was, and is, president and publisher of the corporate defendant; appellant Michael Padev...

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