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HEPPS v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC.

506 Pa. 304 (1984)

485 A.2d 374

Maurice S. HEPPS, et al. v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., William Ecenbarger, and William Lambert. Appeal of Maurice S. HEPPS, et al.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Lamb, Edwin P. Rome, Ronald H. Surkin, Philadelphia, for appellants.

David H. Marion, Richard L. Cantor, West Chester, for appellees.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

The instant civil libel action resulted from a series of five "investigative" articles appearing in The Philadelphia Inquirer which purported to link Maurice S. Hepps, General Programming, Inc. and a number of independent corporate entities who operated beer and beverage distributorships as franchises of General Programming, Inc. to certain named "underworld" figures and to organized crime generally.

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