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KENT v. PITTSBURGH PRESS COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 71-1077.

349 F.Supp. 622 (1972)

James Henry KENT, Plaintiff, v. PITTSBURGH PRESS COMPANY, a corporation, and Jack Grochot, an individual, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

August 14, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Alan Sherman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Edmund S. Ruffin, III, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

TEITELBAUM, District Judge.

This is an action for libel and invasion of privacy. The plaintiff is James Henry Kent, an ex-convict. The defendants are the Pittsburgh Press Company, which publishes The Pittsburgh Press, a daily newspaper of general circulation in metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Jack Grochot, a writer employed by the Press. Presently pending is the defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment.

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