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CLARK v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.

No. 80-1476.

684 F.2d 1208 (1982)

Ruby CLARK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1982.

Order of October 22, 1982.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria C. Heldman, Schaden & Heldman, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard E. Rassel, Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein and Van Zile, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before KEITH and JONES, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises the question of whether summary judgment was providently granted in this defamation action. A judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted summary judgment for the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. ("ABC"), the defendant-appellee. The court held that an ABC broadcast which pictured Ruby Clark, the plaintiff-appellant ("Plaintiff"), was not libelous. We reverse and remand for proceedings...

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