Legal Opinion
Bond v. Cedar Rapids Television Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 22, 1994No. 92-1434PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
A Dubuque television station recovered a substantial verdict against a Cedar Rapids television station in this tort suit for interfering with a contract. We set aside the recovery because we find as a matter of law that the actions complained of were protected under a principle rooted in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Although the plaintiffs vigorously dispute the point, we are convinced the appeal calls for application of the principle of issue preclusion. The application is interesting, though certainly not unique, because it overcomes the rubric that,…
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- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Bear Stearns & Co.California Supreme Court · 1990
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