Legal Opinion
Aids Counseling & Testing Centers v. Group W Television, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1990No. 89-1492PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises out of a suit for defamation and false-light invasion of privacy. In this court, the appellants-plaintiffs contest a number of the district court’s rulings that led the court to hold that it had jurisdiction over the matter and to dismiss most of the claims in the complaint. We hold that the appellants have failed to demonstrate that the district court erred in any respect and we therefore affirm the judgment.
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Plaintiff AIDS Counseling & Testing Centers (ACT) was an unincorporated business venture organized in Maryland for the purpose of providing…
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