Legal Opinion
George G. Ventura v. The Cincinnati Enquirer Gannett Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 21, 2005No. 03-3440PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellant George G. Ventura brought this diversity action against The Cincinnati Enquirer and its parent company, Gannett Co. (collectively the “Enquirer”), claiming breach of contract, tortious breach of contract, promissory estoppel, promissory fraud, negligent hiring or supervision, and negligent disclosure. Ventura alleged that the Enquirer disclosed his identity as a news source to a Cincinnati grand jury investigating the illegal news gathering actions of one of the newspaper’s former reporters. Specifically, Ventura maintained that he was a confidential news source…
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