Legal Opinion
Hickey v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided January 13, 1992No. Civ. 91-6173-JOPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REDDEN, Chief Judge:
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff James Hickey filed this action for libel, assault and slander against defendants Capital Cites/ABC, Inc. and American Broadcasting Companies. Plaintiff alleges that in the July 13, 1990 telecast of its program “20/20,” defendants defamed him. Among the statements made by 20/ 20, plaintiff protests the following as untrue and slanderous: (1) “more than 300 people in Central Oregon have complained that their pets were stolen and delivered to the Hickey’s operation;” (2) plaintiff’s neighbor and godmother stated that “there’s no doubt in her mind…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Hickey v. SettlemierCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1996
- Freyd v. WhitfieldDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1997