Legal Opinion
Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc. v. Katz
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 30, 2011No. Civil Action No. 2003-2422Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) MAR-JAC POULTRY, INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 03-2422 (RMC) ) RITA KATZ, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION This case was stayed for years because a crucial witness asserted his Fifth Amendment rights. That issue resolved, the parties now address the merits of Plaintiff’s allegations that it was defamed by a 60 Minutes segment originally aired on May 4, 2003. All Defendants move for summary judgment, arguing that the segment was not defamatory as a matter of law and that Plaintiff is unable to prove the…
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