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SOUTHERN AIR TRANSP. v. AM. BROAD. CO.

Civ. A. No. 87-0634-OG.

670 F.Supp. 38 (1987)

SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT, INC., Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC. and Karen Burnes, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Beckman, David M. Kirstein, and Pierre Murphy, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Max O. Truitt, John Payton, and Ann D. Behlen, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

GASCH, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On February 25 and 26, 1987, the American Broadcasting Company ("ABC") broadcast an investigative news report describing the efforts of the United States Government to enlist the assistance of the government of South Africa to aid the Nicaraguan Contras by supplying aircraft and flight crews.1 The story was entitled the "South Africa Connection." In an attempt to flesh...

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