Legal Opinion
Sandra Boddie v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Geraldo Rivera Charles C. Thompson and Maravilla Production Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1984No. 82-3420PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case arises from an investigative report entitled “Injustice For All”, produced and broadcast by the defendant, the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. The report, presented on ABC’s “20/20” television program, inquired into allegations that Judge James Barbuto of Akron, Ohio had regularly granted leniency to criminal defendants in exchange for sex. The report included a brief, secretly recorded exchange with the plaintiff, Sandra Bod-die, an alleged participant in the scandal. The plaintiff brought suit against - ABC; Charles C. Thompson, the…
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