Legal Opinion
Schiavone Construction Co. And Ronald A. Schiavone, Individually, in 86-5839 v. Time, Inc., in 86-5920
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 10, 1988No. 86-5839, 86-5920PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment for defendant Time, Inc. in a highly publicized defamation case arising out of media coverage of an investigation of former United States Secretary of Labor Raymond Donovan. Plaintiffs, Ronald Schiavone (Schiavone) and Schiavone Construction Company (SCC), in which Schia-vone owned a controlling interest and Donovan formerly owned a minority interest, brought a libel suit against Time on account of an article in Time magazine. The challenged portion of the article was based on a confidential…
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