Hemingway v. Fritz

BAKES, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant John H. Hemingway brought this action for libel. He is a member of the Idaho Fish and Game Commission who resides in the Wood River Valley, six miles north of Ketchum, Idaho. The defendant-respondent George Fritz is the owner and publisher of the Wood River Journal, a weekly newspaper of general circulation in the Wood River Valley. Respondent Fritz published a news article 1 and an editorial 2 in the October 12, 1972, edition of the Wood River Journal which were generally critical of the conduct of Hemingway, who had purchased a ranch on the Little Wood…