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BICHLER v. UNION BANK AND TRUST CO.

No. 82-1103.

715 F.2d 1059 (1983)

Richard BICHLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNION BANK AND TRUST CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1983.

Rehearing Granted October 6, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson M. Jackson, Jackson & Laska, Dorsi Bosca, Warren, Mich. (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

J.A. Cragwall, Jr., Warner, Norcross & Judd, Richard Bandstra, Grand Rapids, Mich. (argued), Grant J. Gruel, Cholette Perkins & Buchanan, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before JONES and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges, and WEICK, Senior Circuit Judge.

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Richard Bichler, appellant and owner of a now defunct dinner theatre in Grand Rapids, Michigan, seeks reversal of a grant of summary judgment to defendant television station in this diversity action. Bichler contends (1) that the district court applied the wrong burden of proof by (a) finding that he was a public figure under the doctrine established in Sullivan v. New York Times, and (b) by holding that the events which were...

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