Legal Opinion
Fairyland Amusement Co. v. Metromedia, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided May 24, 1976No. 73 CV 634-W-1PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.
I
This is a defamation action involving a Probe Report broadcast by defendant KMBC-TV during the 6:00 and 10:00 p. m. news on May 31, 1973. The Report was part of a two part series on rape in the Kansas City area. The broadcast contained the following language on the frequency of rape in different areas of the city:
Rapes are also occurring, the police map shows, in somewhat greater numbers in and around Fairyland, Swope, Blue Valley and North Terrace Parks — and near the Wayne Minor Housing Project. [Emphasis added]
Plaintiffs, the owners and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Erick Bowman Remedy Co. v. Jensen Salsbery Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Minter v. Bradstreet Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Langworthy v. Pulitzer Publishing CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Swafford v. MillerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
- Carey v. Pulitzer Publishing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1993