BODDIE v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.

No. 82-3420.

731 F.2d 333 (1984)

Sandra BODDIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.; Geraldo Rivera; Charles C. Thompson; and Maravilla Production Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Sternberg (argued), Akron, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

Terence Clark (argued), Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

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


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 1, 1984.

BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case arises from an investigative report entitled "Injustice For All", produced and broadcast by the defendant, the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. The report, presented on ABC's "20/20" television program, inquired into allegations that Judge James Barbuto of Akron, Ohio had regularly granted leniency to criminal defendants in exchange for sex. The report included...

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