BROWN v. COURIER HERALD PUB. CO., INC.

Civ. A. Nos. CV388-25 to CV388-27 and CV388-39.

700 F.Supp. 534 (1988)

R. Lynn BROWN, Plaintiff, v. COURIER HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. d/b/a The Courier Herald and the Associated Press, Defendants. R. Lynn BROWN, Plaintiff, v. Gene ROGERS d/b/a W.U.F.F. Radio and The Associated Press, Defendants. R. Lynn BROWN, Plaintiff, v. Edwin H. BOWEN d/b/a Telfair Enterprise and the Associated Press, Defendants. R. Lynn BROWN, Plaintiff, v. The ALBANY HERALD PUBLISHING CO., INC. d/b/a The Albany Herald and the Associated Press, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Dublin Division.

November 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela M. Richards, Warner Robins, Ga., for plaintiff.

David E. Hudson, Augusta, Ga., Francis M. Lewis, Dublin, Ga., for Courier Herald Pub. Co., Inc. and Associated Press.

William E. Hicks, Milton Harrison, Eastman, Ga., David E. Hudson, Augusta, Ga., for Gene Rogers and Associated Press.

David E. Hudson, Augusta, Ga., Lamar Murdaugh, McRae, Ga., for Edwin H. Bowen and Associated Press.

William H. Major, Atlanta, Ga., David E. Hudson, Augusta, Ga., David M. Zacks, Atlanta, Ga., for Albany Herald Pub. Co., Inc. and Associated Press.


ORDER

BOWEN, District Judge.

Before the Court are (a) the suggestion for consolidation of the captioned cases made by certain parties; (b) the motions of plaintiff and defendant Gene Rogers d/b/a W.U.F.F. Radio ("Big Wuff Radio") (hereinafter "Rogers") to remand the captioned cases to the Georgia state courts in which they were filed; and (c) certain defendants' motions for summary judgment based on the so-called "wire service defense."

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