Legal Opinion
Lowe v. Hearst Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 2007No. 06-50269PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
John Patrick Lowe, as Trustee for the bankruptcy estate of Ted and Mary Roberts, appeals the district court’s Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of his suit against Hearst Communications and Hearst Newspapers Partnership (collectively “Hearst”). Lowe seeks damages stemming from invasion of privacy based on public disclosure of private facts. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The San Antonio Express News, a Hearst subsidiary, published an article describing a blackmail scheme carried out by two married attorneys, Ted and Mary Roberts. The article alleged that…
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