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BROOKS v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.

No. 91-3948.

999 F.2d 167 (1993)

William Gordon BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.; Geraldo Rivera; Charles C. Thompson; and Maravilla Production, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Jamison, John L. Wolfe (argued and briefed), Akron, OH, for plaintiff-appellant.

Carolyn K. Seymour, Elizabeth A. Rader, Terence J. Clark (argued and briefed), Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, for defendants-appellees.

Before: RYAN and NORRIS, Circuit Judges; and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff William Brooks appeals from the district court's directed verdict and partial summary judgment for defendants in this diversity action alleging libel and slander in the broadcast of a weekly television news program. Brooks raises the following issues:

1. Whether the district court erred in deciding a motion for directed verdict under Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(a) based on state, rather than federal, substantive law. 2. Whether...

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