Legal Opinion
Coughlin v. Westinghouse Broadcasting & Cable, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 21, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-1299PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
This matter has an extended history. It has its origins in a broadcast in 1982. A television representation of the activities of plaintiff, a Philadelphia police officer, was regarded by plaintiff as defamatory, and he initiated a proceeding sounding in defamation in which the defendant was Westinghouse, the owner of the local television station in question. That proceeding resulted in a grant by Chief Judge Luongo of summary judgment in favor of defendant. 603 F.Supp. 377 (E.D.Pa.1985). Judge Luongo determined that there was no basis for a finding of…
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