PUBLISHER MUST PAY PLAGIARISM AWARD

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CIA-RDP75-00001R000400290027-4
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RIPPUB
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K
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2
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November 17, 2016
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July 14, 2000
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27
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Publication Date: 
June 30, 1967
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NSPR
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Approved For Release 20~~1 STATINTL 'PUELIS~~ER 1~1US~' PAY L;r.itcd States riiztrict Judnc Edward C. ~1cLcan has directed Litttlc, Brown ~. Co. to nay, $650.11 t0 1111'ti,_(i 11bC1't `'V hC~lt- land Smith for plagiarizing and unpublished manuscript, which) itold the story oP a 16th-century) Irish pirateauecnnamed Crania ;O ~~Ialley. Tho decision was, filed in U:tited States District'. 'Court for the Second District on Tuesday. Judge 112cLean noted that in a previous decision on the case in 1965 he had found that Hclcn Louise Jones, juvenile editor of Little, Brrown, either showed T~II:s. Smith's manuscript to Rirs. Edith Patterson Itii:cycr, u Con- nccticut author, or gave her a detailed accounC of iL. Mrs.' Meyer wrote a cltildren's histor- ical novel on the t~lemc, called "'Pirate Queen," which Little, -Brown published in 1961. Judge McLean, rejected Mrs. Smith's request for punitive damages against Little, Brown. He stated, in a reference to Miss Jones, "certainly it was not part of her duties to assist'. in plagiarism." The Judge con=~ tinned: "There is no evidence that! zany officer of defendant (Littl,~ ~23rown) participated in the pla-~ ~gtarism in any way, or knew ofl ilt or authorized it or ratified it." An. appeal is bcirg taken byl 1~rs. Smith against the denial of punitive damages. ivlrs. Smith, who wrote her manu- script of the Crania O'Malley story under the name of Carol ? swell Smith, ~ is a lawyer and the wife of an investment banker. Approved For Release 2000/08/03 :CIA-RDP75-000018000400290027-4 Approved For Release 2000/08/03 :CIA-RDP75-001 8000400290027-4;~ r Approved For Release 2000/08/03 :CIA-RDP75-000018000400290027-4