Legal Opinion
Levan v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 29, 1999No. 97-5380PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Appellees BFC Financial Corporation (“BFC”), 1 and its President, Chief Executive Officer, and controlling shareholder, Alan Levan, brought this action for defamation against Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. (“ABC”) and one of its producers, Bill Willson. Their cause of action arose from a segment aired on ABC’s television program “20/20” that portrayed BFC and Levan as unfairly taking advantage of investors in real estate related limited partnerships, by inducing them to participate in transactions known as “rollups.” Ap-pellees claimed that in its broadcast ABC made numerous…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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