Paul Lir Alexander v. AOL Time Warner, Inc.

Paul Lir Alexander sued the defendants for negligence and public disclosure of private facts in connection with their writing, publication, and promotion of Without a Badge: Undercover in the World’s Deadliest Criminal Organization.

The district court granted the defendants summary judgment in June 2004, concluding that Alexander was collaterally estopped from arguing that the First Amendment did not shield the defendants from liability. The basis for the court’s collateral estoppel holding was its March 2004 judgment against Alexander in related litigation involving the book The Lost Son: A…