Legal Opinion
Riley v. Harr
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 11, 2002No. 01-1648PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Objecting to his portrayal in Jonathan Harr’s best-selling book A Civil Action, an account of toxic tort litigation over contaminated well water in Woburn, Massachusetts, that allegedly caused the death of several children, John J. Riley, Jr., sued Harr and his publisher for defamation and related torts. He was joined in that lawsuit by his wife, Diane W. Riley. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on most of the Rileys’ claims on First Amendment grounds. The Rileys appeal the district court’s disposition of their claims. We affirm.
I. Background
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