Legal Opinion
Westmoreland v. CBS INC.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 9, 1984No. 82 Civ. 7913 (PNL)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, District Judge.
This is an action for libel. Plaintiff is General William Westmoreland, who served from 1964 to 1968 as Commander of the United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV). Defendants are CBS Inc., and certain of its employees, officers and consultants, namely Mike Wallace, George Crile, Sam Adams and Van Gordon Sauter. The action concerns a television documentary report prepared by defendants and broadcast January 23, 1982, entitled CBS Reports — The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception. This documentary dealt with the intelligence estimates of enemy strength by…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. BreslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by21 opinions
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