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COUGHLIN v. WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING AND CABLE

Civ. A. No. 83-0944.

603 F.Supp. 377 (1985)

James COUGHLIN and Patricia Coughlin v. WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING AND CABLE, INC.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

February 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah M. Thompson, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Jerome J. Shestack, Alan M. Lieberman, Janet S. Kole, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

OPINION

LUONGO, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs James and Patricia Coughlin, a Philadelphia police officer and his wife, brought this defamation action because of a televised broadcast entitled "After Hours on American Street." The broadcast dealt with alleged official corruption in connection with a Philadelphia after hours club. KYW-TV (channel 3), a Philadelphia television station owned and operated by defendant Westinghouse Broadcasting & Cable, Inc., aired...

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