Legal Opinion
Coughlin v. Westinghouse Broadcasting & Cable, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 28, 1985No. Civ. A. 83-0944PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUONGO, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs James and Patricia Coughlin, a Philadelphia police officer and his wife, brought this defamation action because of a televised broadcast entitled “After Hours on American Street.” The broadcast dealt with alleged official corruption in connection with a Philadelphia after hours club. KYW-TV (channel 3), a Philadelphia television station owned and operated by defendant Westinghouse Broadcasting & Cable, Inc., aired portions of the program on February 17, 18 and 19, 1982.
In 1981, KYW’s investigative news team (the I-Team) received complaints concerning the…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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3Cited by27 opinions
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