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MILLS v. KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS

Civ. A. No. 78-0012-B.

475 F.Supp. 1005 (1979)

Levita MILLS, Plaintiff, v. KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Big Stone Gap Division.

August 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh P. Cline, Cline, McAfee & Adkins, Norton, Va., for plaintiff.

Walter O. Waddey, Kingsport, Tenn., Kenneth P. Asbury, Wise, Va., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLEN M. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

I.

Plaintiff, Levita Mills, originally filed this action in libel against the defendant, Kingsport Publishing Corporation (d/b/a Kingsport Times-News), in the Circuit Court of Wise County, Virginia, on December 30, 1977. The motion for judgment requested an award of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for compensatory damages and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for punitive...

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