Sweeney v. Caller-Times Pub. Co.

ALLRED, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a congressman and member of the bar in the State of Ohio, brought this suit on December 6, 1939, against defendant, a Texas corporation, for damages for alleged libel in a syndicated column under the title “Washington Daily Merry-Go-Round ! ” The case is almost identical with those brought in other states of the Union in which plaintiff, alleging no special damage, takes the position that the article is libelous per se. It reads (italicizing the part alleged to be false and defamatory 1 ) as follows:

“A hot behind-the-scenes fight is raging in democratic…