Legal Opinion
Southern Air Transport, Inc., Appellant/cross-Appellee v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Appellees/cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 23, 1989No. 88-7066, 88-7078PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
Southern Air Transport alleges that an American Broadcasting Companies television report created the false and defamatory impression that Southern Air had acted in partnership with the government of South Africa in an illegal operation to supply arms to insurrectionary forces in Nicaragua. The district court found that because all the statements regarding Southern Air in the challenged news story were true, it was not possible to infer a defamatory meaning from them.
While the applicable law holds that a defamatory…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, Robert NovakCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- General William C. Westmoreland, Ambassador Richard Helms v. Cbs, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Tavoulareas v. PiroCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Afro-American Publishing Co., Inc. v. Eli Jaffe, T/a Douglas PharmacyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by30 opinions
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