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BUSSIE v. LARSON

Civ. A. No. 76-218-B.

501 F.Supp. 1107 (1980)

Victor BUSSIE v. Reed LARSON and National Right to Work Committee.

United States District Court, M. D. Louisiana.

November 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Avant, Dodd, Barker, Avant, Wall & Thomas, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Frank M. Coates, Jr., Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, La., Cicero Sessions, Robert E. Barkley, Jr., Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Snelling & Boisfontaine, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

POLOZOLA, District Judge:

This diversity suit for defamation presents the following legal issue which the Courts have not yet decided: does the standard set forth in New York Times v. Sullivan apply to non-media defendants? For reasons set forth hereinafter, the Court holds that it does.

This defamation suit was filed by Victor Bussie against the National Right to Work Committee and Reed Larson, its president. Plaintiff contends that he was defamed...

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