Legal Opinion

Brown v. Courier Herald Pub. Co., Inc.

District Court, S.D. Georgia

Decided November 11, 1988No. Civ. A. CV388-25 to CV388-27 and CV388-39PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

BOWEN, District Judge.

Before the Court are (a) the suggestion for consolidation of the captioned cases made by certain parties; (b) the motions of plaintiff and defendant Gene Rogers d/b/a W.U.F.F. Radio (“Big Wuff Radio”) (hereinafter “Rogers”) to remand the captioned cases to the Georgia state courts in which they were filed; and (c) certain defendants’ motions for summary judgment based on the so-called “wire service defense.”

FACTS

Plaintiff filed four separate actions in Georgia state courts in four different counties. Each action involved an admittedly inaccurate Associated Press…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. American Fire & Casualty Co. v. FinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  4. Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. Cianci v. New Times Publishing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Jewell v. NYP Holdings, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1998
  2. Khawar v. Globe International, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Van Straten v. Milwaukee Journal Newspaper-PublisherCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1989
  4. Howe v. Detroit Free Press, IncMichigan Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. O'BRIEN v. Williamson Daily NewsDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1990

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