Legal Opinion

John Madara v. Daryl Hall

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided November 7, 1990No. 89-5850PublishedCited by 469 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COX, Circuit Judge:

John Madara, the plaintiff, appeals the district court's dismissal of his libel suit against defendant Daryl Hall. We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

The genesis of this libel suit against entertainer Daryl Hall is an interview Hall gave by telephone from New York to a reporter for Music Connection magazine in California. The interview appeared in the November 24-December 14, 1986 issue of the magazine. The alleged libel is contained in a paragraph that quoted Hall as follows:

I had my first mini-disillusionment with the music business early on. I was working with this…

2Cases cited27 opinions

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