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COUGHLIN v. WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING & CABLE INC.

No. 85-1145.

780 F.2d 340 (1985)

COUGHLIN, James and Coughlin, Patricia, his wife, Appellants, v. WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING AND CABLE INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1985.

As Amended January 6 and January 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Beasley, Sarah M. Thompson, William P. Murphy (Argued), Beasley, Hewson, Casey, Colleran, Erbstein & Thistle, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Jerome J. Shestack (Argued), Carl A. Solano, Robert F. Harchut, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., Stephen A. Hildebrandt, Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc., Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before GARTH and BECKER, Circuit Judges and VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs James and Patricia Coughlin filed suit against defendant Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc. ("Westinghouse") alleging that Officer Coughlin, a Philadelphia police officer, was defamed by a series of television programs broadcast in February 1982 by KYW-TV, a Philadelphia television station owned and operated by Westinghouse.1 According...

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