Unreachable landlord loses libel claim against TV stations for airing negative report without his comments
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The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled in Kendrick v. Fox Television that two television stations were properly awarded summary judgment motions in Kendrick's libel and privacy suit against them. Based on statements by a deputy police chief, the stations reported that Kendrick may have threatened residents in his apartment building and tipped off drug dealers operating there that a raid was forthcoming. The stations called Kendrick repeatedly to attempt to get his response. The Court found that, even based on a negligence standard, the television stations had acted reasonably.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1995
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ABC can't intervene in securities claim related to libel case
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The US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled in Purcell v. BankAtlantic Financial Corp. that ABC did not have a right to intervene in the securities fraud case. The defendant in the class action suit brought a libel suit against ABC after it aired a story that suggested fraud had occurred. A jury in the class action found fraud, and ABC moved to have the libel suit dismissed. The defendant had the fraud judgment vacated and settled. ABC argued that it should be able to intervene because it had a stake in the judgment being entered, but the Court found ABC's interest too tenuous.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1996
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Dismissal of libel suit against Hustler upheld
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The Wyoming Supreme Court has affirmed a lower state court's dismissal of Andrea Dworkin's libel suit against Hustler Magazine. Dworkin argued that the state's Constitution required libel suits to be heard by a jury to determine the facts and that malice was inferable from Hustler's article deriding her for her anti-pornography views. The court disagreed, holding that the state's Constitution allowed courts to decide libel questions and thus dismiss cases by summary judgment.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1993
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