Legal Opinion
Williams v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Arkansas
Decided February 9, 1983No. Civ. Nos. 82-5180, 82-5179PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
H. FRANKLIN WATERS, Chief Judge.
I. Introduction
The instant cases are before the Court pursuant to certain motions to compel filed by plaintiffs, Dr. Rhys A. Williams and Hazel Davidson, in the above-styled consolidated cases. Plaintiffs seek to compel the production of “out-takes” of film or videotape photographed in the production of a segment of the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., network program, “20/20,” first broadcast on January 8, 1981. The subject of the segment concerned allegedly unnecessary surgery in the medical profession. It is the broadcast of the…
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