Legal Opinion
Filippo v. Lee Publications, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided April 30, 2007No. 2:05 CV 64PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MOODY, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment (docket # 33), motion to strike (docket # 48), and motion for oral argument (docket # 36). For the reasons set forth below, the motion for summary judgment is granted. Both the motion to strike and the motion for oral argument are denied as moot.
I. BACKGROUND
Between January and August of 2003, defendant Lee Publications, Inc., publisher of the Northwest Indiana newspaper The Times, printed news articles, editorial opinions, and cartoons involving plaintiff Lita Filippo. Plaintiff…
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