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PIERSON v. NEWS GROUP PUBLICATIONS, INC.

Civ. A. No. CV181-173.

549 F.Supp. 635 (1982)

James P. PIERSON, Plaintiff, v. NEWS GROUP PUBLICATIONS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Augusta Division.

September 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy J. Blount, Blount & Curry, Augusta, Ga., for plaintiff.

R. Carl Cannon, Daryll Love, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, Ga., Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Lehrer, Neal M. Goldman, Slade R. Metcalf, New York City, for defendant.

ORDER

BOWEN, District Judge.

This diversity action involves issues of alleged invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress arising from the publication of two articles in The Star, a tabloid published by defendant News Group Publications, Inc. The case is now before the Court on defendant's motion for summary judgment. From the record the following undisputed facts appear:

A reporter, Michael Munro, and a freelance...

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