Legal Opinion
Levesque v. Doocy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 19, 2009No. 08-1814PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Rare is there an opportunity to interrupt today’s twenty-four-hour news cycle, fueled by cable television’s incessant need for content and the explosion of Internet websites that promptly apprise us of events across the world. This appeal offers such a moment as we pause to review plaintiff-appellant Leon Levesque’s claim that defendants-appellees Fox News Network, LLC (“Fox”), Steve Doocy, and Brian Kilmeade defamed him during a show on the Fox News Channel (“FNC”). The district court, after considering Levesque’s claims, granted the defendants’ motion for summary…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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