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DeROBURT v. GANNETT CO., INC.

Civ. No. 78-0375.

558 F.Supp. 1223 (1983)

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.

March 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

DECISION AND ORDER

SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.

This action involves an international libel suit filed in 1978 by Hammer DeRoburt, the President of Nauru,1 against Gannett Co., Inc. ("Gannett"), one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States, and Guam Publications, Inc., a subsidiary of Gannett. After nearly four years of pretrial litigation, defendants were successful in obtaining a dismissal of the suit. In its...

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