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CANTRELL v. AM. BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.

No. 80 C 6716.

529 F.Supp. 746 (1981)

James R. CANTRELL, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., a New York corporation, Geraldo Rivera and Peter Lance, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

October 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Walsh, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Lawrence Gunnels, Mark S. Sableman, Reuben & Proctor, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KOCORAS, District Judge:

The plaintiff, James R. Cantrell, filed this action to recover actual and punitive damages from American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. and from two of ABC's employees, Geraldo Rivera and Peter Lance. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff suffered injury to his reputation because of a nationally televised broadcast on February 7, 1980 of ABC's program entitled "Newsmagazine 20/20." The segment at issue was entitled...

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