Legal Opinion

Westphal v. Lakeland Ledger Publishing Co.

Circuit Court of the 10th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Polk County

Decided July 8, 1977No. GC-G-76-446Published

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAM K. LOVE, Circuit Judge.

Final summary judgment: This cause came on for hearing on defendant’s motion for summary judgment, and the court being duly advised, the court has concluded that the motion should be *27granted and a summary judgment entered for defendant for the following reasons —

1. There is no genuine issue as to the following facts —(a) This action is based on ten articles published by defendant which contained allegedly false and defamatory statements about plaintiff Patricia Ann Burgoon Westphal and which also allegedly invaded plaintiff’s privacy (the “articles”).(b) A…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Time, Inc. v. FirestoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. The Washington Post Company v. Eugene J. KeoghCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
  5. Ross v. GoreSupreme Court of Florida · 1950

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