Legal Opinion
Damon v. Moore
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 21, 2008No. 07-1365PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DELGADO-COLÓN, District Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Sergeant Peter J. Damon (“Damon”), a former Sergeant in the Army Reserves, appeals from the dismissal of his defamation claim stemming from the non-consensual use of an interview he conducted for NBC Nightly News (“NBC”) in the documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” (“documentary”). According to Damon, defendants-appellees (“Appellees”), and more specifically, Michael Moore (“Moore”), the creator, writer, director, producer and narrator of the documentary, portrayed Damon as supporting the documentary’s anti-war and anti-Commander-in-Chief message by…
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