Legal Opinion
Ludden v. Metro Weekly
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 11, 1998No. CIV.A. 97-0125(JHG)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Kenneth W. Ludden (“Ludden”) is the author of a newspaper advice column éntitled “Dear Diva” that regularly appeared in the now-defunct Michael’s Entertainment Weekly, a publication whose principal audience was the gay community in the District of Columbia and Baltimore metropolitan areas. Defendant Isosceles Publishing, Inc. (“Isosceles”) is the publisher of Metro Weekly (“MW”), a publication that serves largely the same audience. MW publishes an advice column, initially entitled “Ask Diva,” since renamed “Diva Dearest.” In this…
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