CASANO v. WDSU-TV, INC.

Civ. A. No. 3882.

313 F.Supp. 1130 (1970)

Peter J. CASANO, Plaintiff, v. WDSU-TV, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. Mississippi, S. D.

June 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Phillips, Bay St. Louis, Miss., Frank J. D'Amico, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

George Morse, Gulfport, Miss., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

NIXON, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Peter J. Casano, filed this action for libel in this Court against the defendant, WDSU-TV, Inc. to recover damages allegedly resulting from its television broadcasts on August 8, and August 13, 1969, emanating from its studios near New Orleans, Louisiana, approximately fifty miles or less from plaintiff's domicile in Pass Christian, Harrison County, Mississippi. The alleged libelous material was transmitted...

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