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CAPITAL-GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS v. STACK

[No. 53, September Term, 1981.]

293 Md. 528 (1982)

445 A.2d 1038

CAPITAL-GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. RICHARD L. STACK

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 4, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Axelrad, with whom were David E. Beller and Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman and William L. Reynolds on the brief, for appellant.

Amicus curiae brief of the A.S. Abell Company filed. Douglas D. Connah, Jr., Christopher J. Fritz and Venable, Baetjer & Howard on the brief.

Russell J. Bennett, with whom was David A. Bowers on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ.

DAVIDSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MURPHY, C.J., concurs in the result, and filed a concurring opinion at page 543 infra. COLE, J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 544 infra.

This case concerns an interpretation and application of the principle established in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710 (1964), that in a defamation action a public figure must prove by...

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