Dall v. Pearson

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The defendants in an action for libel move for summary judgment, claiming that the alleged defamatory statement is true and also constitutes fair comment.

The alleged defamatory statements are contained in an article written by the individual defendants, who are popularly known as columnists,'and published in a newspaper called The Washington Post. The article purports to summarize and refer to testimony that had been given by the plaintiff before a Congressional Committee. The plaintiff claims that the summary and the comments on the testimony are so distorted and…