Legal Opinion
Martin Marietta Corp. v. Evening Star Newspaper Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 26, 1976No. Civ. A. 75-1827PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
FLANNERY, District Judge.
This libel action arises from an article written by defendant Peter Gruenstein, copyrighted and distributed by defendant Capitol Hill News Service (CHNS), and published by defendant Evening Star Newspaper Company (Star) in the Washington Star. The article appeared in all four editions of the Star printed on October 31, 1975. Plaintiff Martin Marietta Corporation filed a complaint on November 4, 1975, requesting $5,000,000 in compensatory damages, $10,000,000 in punitive damages, and an injunction requiring the Star to print a retraction admitting the falsity…
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