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EDWARDS v. ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. EC 73-70-S.

371 F.Supp. 333 (1974)

M. C. EDWARDS, Plaintiff, v. The ASSOCIATED PRESS, Defendant.

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

February 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Edds, of Burgin, Gholson, Hicks & Nichols, Columbus, Miss., for plaintiff.

William J. Threadgill, of Threadgill & Smith, Columbus, Miss., Rogers & Wells, New York City, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.

Plaintiff, M. C. Edwards (Edwards), an adult resident citizen of Lowndes County, Mississippi, filed the complaint in the action sub judice on August 10, 1973, naming The Associated Press, a corporate citizen of the State of New York, the party defendant. Edwards' cause of action, as stated in the complaint, is based upon an alleged libelous statement said to have been published by defendant on its news...

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