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LAROUCHE v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC.

Nos. 84-2327(L), 84-2371, 85-1340 and 85-1265.

780 F.2d 1134 (1986)

Lyndon H. LAROUCHE, Jr., Appellants, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.; Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith; Brian Ross; Pat Lynch; Mark Nykanen and Irwin Suall, Appellees, and Abbott Rosen; Dennis King; Chip Berlet and John Does 1, 2 and 3, Defendants. Lyndon H. LAROUCHE, Jr., and Michael F. Dennis, Appellee, Intervenor, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.; Abbott Rosen; Dennis King; Chip Berlet; Brian Ross; Pat Lynch; John Does 1, 2 and 3 and Mark Nykanen, Defendants, and Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith and Irwin Suall, Appellants. Lyndon H. LAROUCHE, Jr., Appellant, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Appellee, and Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith; Abbott Rosen; Dennis King; Chip Berlet; Brian Ross; Pat Lynch; John Does 1, 2 and 3; Mark Nykanen and Irwin Suall, Defendants. Lyndon H. LAROUCHE, Jr., Appellant, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Appellee, and Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith; Abbott Rosen; Dennis King; Chip Berlet; Brian Ross; Pat Lynch; John Does 1, 2 and 3; Mark Nykanen and Irwin Suall, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Rossi (Odin P. Anderson, Anderson & Associates, P.C., Boston, Mass., on brief), for appellant/cross-appellee.

M. Elizabeth Medaglia (Jackson & Campbell, P.C., Washington, D.C., on brief), for intervenor/appellee Dennis.

Floyd Abrams (Thomas J. Kavaler, Devereux Chatillon, Ellen Rosen, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, Peter K. Stackhouse, Tolbert, Smith, Fitzgerald & Ramsey, Arlington, Va., on brief), and Wayne H. Matelski (Rodney F. Page, Barbara S. Wahl, Craig Iscoe, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before PHILLIPS, ERVIN and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 24, 1986.

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

These appeals arise from an action filed by Lyndon LaRouche against NBC, the Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith (ADL) and others. LaRouche alleged that the defendants conspired to, and did, defame him in two NBC television broadcasts. NBC filed a four count counterclaim alleging, inter alia, that LaRouche had interfered with its business relations. NBC prevailed on...

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