BRUEGGEMEYER v. ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 78-1023.

609 F.2d 825 (1980)

Robert BRUEGGEMEYER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ASSOCIATED PRESS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip R. Russ, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Patrick F. McGowan, Dallas, Tex., Richard N. Winfield, Rogers & Wells, New York City, for Associated Press.

Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, Jack Pew, Jr., D. L. Case, Dallas, Tex., for KDFW-TV.

Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and TATE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants are corporations, and officers and shareholders thereof, engaged in the retail sale of beef. They brought this Texas action for libel and invasion of privacy after appellees distributed news reports that stated appellants were ordered by a Washington state court to make restitutions to consumers that "could total" up to $700,000. The district court granted summary judgment for appellees on both claims. We affirm.

In 1974 appellants consented...

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