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HOPKINS v. LAPCHICK

Civil No. S 96-3680.

981 F.Supp. 901 (1997)

Loyd Byron HOPKINS v. Richard LAPCHICK, et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

February 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Jacobson, Jennifer Conron Jackson, Blades & Rosenfeld, P.A., Baltimore, MD, for Plaintiff.

Douglas D. Connah, Jr., Venable, Baetjer and Howard, Baltimore, MD, for Defendants Richard Lapchick, The Sporting News, The Times Mirror Co.

Mary R. Craig, Doyle & Craig, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant The Time and News Publishing Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SMALKIN, District Judge.

This is a diversity case, asserting claims for defamation against various defendants. The plaintiff, a black attorney, was court-appointed to defend a young white man who was criminally prosecuted for an assault and battery that he and several other young whites allegedly committed upon a black student athlete in rural Maryland. The case — before, during, and after the criminal trial — attracted...

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