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COUGHLIN v. WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING AND CABLE

Civ. A. No. 87-1299.

689 F.Supp. 483 (1988)

James COUGHLIN v. WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING AND CABLE, INC., et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

June 21, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Murphy, Philadelphia, for plaintiff.

Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc., James Thompson and KWY-TV-3 by Jerome J. Shestack, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION*

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

This matter has an extended history. It has its origins in a broadcast in 1982. A television representation of the activities of plaintiff, a Philadelphia police officer, was regarded by plaintiff as defamatory, and he initiated a proceeding sounding in defamation in which the defendant was Westinghouse, the owner of the local television station in question. That proceeding resulted in...

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