Legal Opinion
Albright v. Morton
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 28, 2004No. C.A.02-11458-NGPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GERTNER, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
' This is a diversity action for defamation arising out of the publication of a book by defendants. The book allegedly portrayed plaintiff James Albright (“Albright”) as a homosexual by mis-captioning a photograph of a gay individual with Albright’s name. To find that the photograph makes any kind of statement regarding Albright’s sexuality requires the Court to pile inference upon innuendo, innuendo upon stereotype. And even if the Court were to do so, plaintiffs’ argument would still fail. In 2004, a statement implying that an…
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