Archie E. Simonson v. United Press International, Inc., and the Associated Press, Inc.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether the district court properly dismissed upon summary judgment plaintiff-appellant Archie E. Simonson’s defamation of character suit against defendants-appellees, United Press International (UPI) and Associated Press (AP). We affirm the judgment of the district court, 500 F.Supp. 1261.

On April 10, 1978, Simonson, a former county court judge for Dane County, Wisconsin, filed a complaint against UPI and AP alleging that the wire services defamed his character and injured him in his occupation in certain of their wire service dispatches issued…