MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERV. CLUBS v. CBS NEWS

No. 80-1231.

665 F.2d 110 (1981)

MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS, Thomas L. Washington, Carl Johnson, Fred Bear, Thomas Anderson, and Ben East, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CBS NEWS, A DIVISION OF CBS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil A. McLean, Glassen, Rhead, McLean, & Campbell, Lansing, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

George E. Brand, Jr., Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein, & Van Zile, Detroit, Mich., F. William Hutchinson, Varnum, Riddering, Wierengo & Christenson, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before MERRITT and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Michigan United Conservation Clubs, plaintiff below, appeals an order granting summary judgment for CBS News, defendant below. M.U.C.C. is a non-profit Michigan corporation which promotes natural resource conservation and environmental protection. Its membership consists primarily of game hunters. M.U.C.C. brought this action against CBS News, alleging that two documentary films, "The Guns of Autumn" and its sequel "Echoes of the...

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