Legal Opinion
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation v. Walter Jacobson and Cbs, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 14, 1983No. 82-2115PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This diversity suit brought by Brown & Williamson, the manufacturer of Viceroy cigarettes, charges CBS and Walter Jacobson with libel and other violations of Illinois law. Jacobson is a news commentator for WBBM-TV, a Chicago television station owned by CBS. The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on a variety of grounds. Without writing an opinion the district court granted the motion “for the reasons set forth in defendants’ memoranda,” adding only: “to deny this motion would unduly restrict the freedom of the press and the right of a journalist to express…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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