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William C. JENNINGS, Appellant, v. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Appellee.
    No. 21331.
    United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
    Nov. 2, 1964.
    
      Joe Creel and Creel & Glasgow, Miami, Fla., for appellant.
    Robert G. Young, James E. Tribble, and Blackwell, Walker & Gray, Miami, Fla., for appellee.
    Before JONES and GEWIN, Circuit Judges, and ESTES, District Judge.
   PER CURIAM.

The appellant was the holder of a credit card issued by the appellee. His name 'was erroneously included in a confidential list of names of persons whose credit cards had been cancelled. The appellant was refused credit at a restaurant upon •presenting his card. He brought an action for libel against the appellee asserting that the inclusion of his name was libelous per se, and seeking only punitive • damages. The district court granted the appellee’s motion for summary judgment. Tts decision was correct. Its judgment is

Affirmed.