Legal Opinion
Bair v. Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc.
Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuits of Florida
Decided June 1, 1982No. Case No. 76-4394 CA (2) 01 APublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS KAPNER, Circuit Judge.
This action was heard on Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment. The Court heard arguments of counsel, considered the memorandum of law submitted by the defendant, the affidavits filed by the plaintiff, and reviewed the news articles in question.
It is undisputed that on December 12, 1974, the Plaintiff, Ronald Bair, was dismissed from his job as an outpatient counselor for LINK, a publicly-supported drug abuse treatment program. According to Marvin Clark, the executive director of LINK, Bair was dismissed for misrepresentation of his academic…
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- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Layne v. Tribune Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Edwards v. National Audubon Society, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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- Sepmeier v. Tallahassee Democrat, Inc.Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuits of Florida · 1986