Legal Opinion
Mullin v. Washington Free Weekly, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 8, 2001No. 00-CV-1199PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Allegedly defamatory remarks concerning appellant Joseph Mullin appeared in an article in Washington City Paper (City Paper), published by appellee Washington Free Weekly, Inc. The principal issue before us is whether the statute of limitations began to run on the date of publication or not until appellant learned of the article several days later. We follow the virtually unanimous rule in this country and hold that the statute began to ran on the date of publication.
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On July 9, 1998, the City Paper published allegedly defamatory statements about appellant in the…
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