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RATNER v. YOUNG

Civ. No. 437/1973.

465 F.Supp. 386 (1979)

Margaret L. RATNER, William M. Kunstler, and Leroy A. Mercer, Plaintiffs, v. Warren H. YOUNG, Individually and as Judge of the United States District Court for the Virgin Islands, and Jerome Dreyer, Individually and as Managing Editor of the St. Croix Avis published by Brodhurst Printery, Inc., and Brodhurst Printery, Inc., d/b/a the St. Croix Avis, Defendants.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Croix.

January 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Padilla, Frederiksted, St. Croix, V. I., for plaintiffs.

James & Resnick, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for defendants.

OPINION

BREWSTER, District Judge, Sitting by Designation.

This action for damages for libel is an aftermath of the famous Fountain Valley murder trial in the United States District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix.1 Shortly after the return of the verdicts of guilty and the sentencing of all five defendants, THE ST. CROIX AVIS published an article containing a letter which had been received during the trial...

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