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REEVES v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.

No. 157, Docket 83-7352.

719 F.2d 602 (1983)

George C. REEVES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., Roone Arledge, and Everett Erlick, Defendants-Appellees, v. Joseph O. GIAIMO, Counterclaim-Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Giaimo & Vreeburg, Forest Hills, N.Y., of Counsel, for plaintiff-appellant.

Coudert Brothers, Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, New York City (Michael J. Calvey, Peter M. Nelson, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, MESKILL and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

A nation which prizes free expression must support lofty sentiment with meaningful legislation. The noble guarantee against laws abridging the freedom of the press, enshrined in the First Amendment, would be incongruous indeed, were any federal or state statutes to punish a journalist for accurately reporting allegations of wrongdoing in a matter of public interest. We said in Edwards...

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