Legal Opinion
Brueggemeyer v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided April 25, 1988No. Civ. A. CA3-83-1819-D, CA3-84-1756-DPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
FITZWATER, District Judge.
This libel, slander, and false-light invasion of privacy action presents the questions whether plaintiff, Bob Brueggemeyer (“Brueggemeyer”), is a limited purpose public figure and, if so, whether he has produced sufficient summary judgment evidence to support a reasonable jury finding, based upon clear and convincing evidence, that defendants acted with actual malice when they allegedly defamed him during a broadcast of the network television program 20/20. The court grants summary judgment in favor of defendants because the court…
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