Legal Opinion
Amiri v. WUSA TV-CHANNEL NINE
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 15, 1990No. Civ. A. 90-1585-LFOPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Amiri sues defendant WUSA TV-Channel Nine for refusing to air certain stories felt by Amiri to be newsworthy. Amiri claims that by doing so Channel Nine violated his First Amendment rights to freedom of expression. Defendant has filed a motion to dismiss. For the reasons stated below, that motion must be granted.
To secure a motion to dismiss, defendant must show “beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.” Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 45-46, 78 S.Ct. 99, 101-02, 2 L.Ed.2d…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Wooley v. MaynardSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. TornilloSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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