Legal Opinion
Food Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1999No. 97-2492, 97-2564PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part and reversed in part by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote a separate opinion, concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:
Two ABC television reporters, after using false resumes to get jobs at Food Lion, Inc. supermarkets, secretly videotaped what appeared to be unwholesome food handling practices. Some of the video footage was used by ABC in a PrimeTime Live broadcast that was sharply critical of Food Lion. The grocery chain sued Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Richard Kaplan and Ira Rosen, producers of…
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