Legal Opinion
Hetherington v. Griffin Television, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided March 30, 1977No. CIV-76-0212-TPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER OF REMAND
THOMPSON, District Judge.
The plaintiff brought this action seeking damages for libel in the Oklahoma State District Court in Cleveland County, Oklahoma. It was removed here by the defendants and the plaintiff has filed a Motion to Remand.
The plaintiff is a local businessman. Defendant Griffin Television, Inc. operates Channel 9 KWTV Television Station in Oklahoma City. Defendant Vicki Monks is a reporter and broadcaster at the television station. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants, acting in concert, composed and publicly broadcast false and defamatory matter…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- City of Greenwood v. PeacockSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Vicki Monks, an Individual and Griffin Television, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation v. Clark Hetherington, an IndividualCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
- Monks v. HetheringtonDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1977