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DeROBURT v. GANNETT CO., INC.

Civ. No. 78-0375.

551 F.Supp. 973 (1982)

Hammer DeROBURT, Plaintiff, v. GANNETT CO., INC., a Delaware corporation, and Guam Publications, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, both dba Pacific Daily News, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

November 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Genevieve S. Richardson, A. Bernard Bays, Michael C. Davis, Carlsmith, Carlsmith, Wichman & Case, George M. Allen, Donald C. Williams, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff.

David J. Dezzani, James J. Bickerton, Goodsill, Anderson & Quinn, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER

SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.

BACKGROUND

This is the second of the Court's decisions in this case addressing the act of state doctrine. By its order of October 13, 1982, the Court dismissed the plaintiff's libel suit on the grounds that the issues presented by the suit would require the Court to pass judgment on the act of a foreign sovereign and thereby raise issues made non-justiciable under the act of state doctrine. DeRoburt...

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