Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit February 20, 1973, 71-1174, 71-1175 (Elmer Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., Elmer Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.)

KILEY, Circuit Judge

(concurring).

I concur. Judge Stevens has written a persuasive opinion. It is with considerable reluctance, however, that I concur. The reluctance is due to my fear that we may have in this opinion pushed through what I consider the outer limits of the First Amendment protection against liability for libelous statements and have further eroded the interest of non-“public