Legal Opinion
Hildebrant v. Meredith Corp.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided October 23, 2014No. Case No. 13-cv-13972PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
THOMAS L. LUDINGTON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are police officers with the Saginaw County Police Department. In the summer of 2012, Plaintiffs were the subject of an internal investigation regarding their conduct during an inventory of a forfeited house. A confidential source provided information about the investigation to a reporter for Channel 5 news—operated by Defendant Meredith Corporation-— which then aired a series of broadcasts regarding the internal investigation.
Plaintiffs then commenced an action against…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
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