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CAMPBELL v. SEABURY PRESS

Civ. A. No. CV78-P-920-S.

486 F.Supp. 298 (1979)

Carlyne CAMPBELL, Plaintiff, v. The SEABURY PRESS and Will D. Campbell, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Alabama, S. D.

August 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Heninger, Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff.

Alfred H. Knight, III, Willis & Knight, George E. Barrett, Barrett, Lenahan, Kniffen & Ray, James N. Bryan, Jr., Woods & Woods, Nashville, Tenn., for Will D. Campbell.

Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr., Linda Friedman, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, Ala., Renee L. Cohen, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for Seabury Press.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

POINTER, District Judge.

Plaintiff brings this action for libel and invasion of privacy against Will D. Campbell, the author of "Brother to a Dragonfly," and against the Seabury Press, the book's publisher. Defendants have each filed a motion to dismiss as to the libel claim and for summary judgment as to the claim for invasion of privacy. These motions are presently before the court.

"Brother to a Dragonfly" is the author's...

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