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DOUGHERTY v. CAPITOL CITIES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 81-73981.

631 F.Supp. 1566 (1986)

John C. DOUGHERTY, Plaintiff, v. CAPITOL CITIES COMMUNICATIONS, INC., and WJR Detroit, a division of Capital Cities, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

February 6, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charfoos, Christensen, Gilbert & Archer, P.C. by Lawrence S. Charfoos, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone by Gregory L. Curtner, Detroit, Mich., for defendants.

OPINION

GILMORE, District Judge.

In a society which takes seriously the principle that government rests upon the consent of the governed, freedom of the press must be the most cherished tenet. It is elementary that a democracy cannot long survive unless the people are provided with the information needed to form judgments on issues that affect their ability to intelligently govern themselves.1

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