Legal Opinion
Lluberes v. UNCOMMON PRODUCTIONS, LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 2, 2011No. 10-2082PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
This case raises issues of First Amendment law. At the center of the dispute is The Pnce of Sugar, a documentary film released in 2007 by film company Uncommon Productions, LLC, and its principal William M. Haney, III. The film depicts the treatment of Haitian laborers on sugarcane plantations in the Dominican Republic. It refers by name to brothers Felipe and Juan Vicini Lluberes, senior executives of a family conglomerate that owns and operates Dominican sugar plantations. The Vicinis contend that the film is defamatory and sued the filmmakers in federal court. The…
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