JOHNSON v. CAPITAL CITY PRESS, INC.

No. 11288.

346 So.2d 819 (1977)

Lewis E. JOHNSON v. CAPITAL CITY PRESS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Boren, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for plaintiff, Lewis E. Johnson, appellant.

Frank M. Coates, Jr., Baton Rouge, of counsel, for defendants, Capital City Press, Inc., et al., appellees.

Before SARTAIN, COVINGTON and LOTTINGER, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a defamation suit. From a judgment in favor of defendants granting their motion for summary judgment, plaintiff has appealed.

At the time of the alleged defamation, plaintiff, Lewis E. Johnson, was chairman of the Louisiana Board of Highways. Plaintiff contends that the defendants, Capital City Press, Inc., as owner and publisher of the Morning Advocate newspaper, and the State-Times newspaper, both published in the city of Baton...

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