Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Globe Newspaper Co.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided November 9, 1998No. CIV. CV-98-44-BPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
BRODY, District Judge.
In this diversity action, Plaintiff Walter Robinson alleges that Defendants, The Globe Newspaper Co. (“Globe”) and reporter Mitchell Zuckoff (“Zuckoff’), defamed him in a series of articles appearing in the Boston Globe and The Boston Sunday Globe between February 10, 1996 and March 6, 1996. Defendants filed a Motion for Summary Judgment. For the reasons set forth below, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff was employed as a police officer and detective with the Boston Police Department for 25 years. In early 1996, the…
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