PEARSON V. DODD
410 F.2d 701 (D.C. Cir., 1969), cert.denied, 395 U.S. 947 (1969)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Pearson and Anderson (Ds) sought review of the judgment granting
Dodd's (P) motion for partial summary judgment, finding Ds liable on a theory of conversion.
FACTS: Two former employees of P, at times with the assistance of two members of P's
staff, entered P's office without authority and unbeknownst to him, removed numerous
documents from his files, made copies of them, replaced the originals, and turned over the
copies to D, who was aware of the manner in which the copies had been obtained. Ds
thereafter published articles containing information gleaned from these documents.' P sued D
for conversion and invasion of privacy. A partial summary judgment was given in favor of P
for conversion and the court denied a partial summary judgment in favor of P for the
invasion of privacy action. The District Court ruled that Ds' six newspaper columns
concerning P did not establish liability for the tort of invasion of privacy. That tort
always been considered a defense to a claim of invasion of privacy by publication, however,
the published matter complained of is of general public interest. Ds appealed the partial
summary judgment on conversion.
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