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BOND v. CEDAR RAPIDS TELEVISION CO.

No. 92-1434.

518 N.W.2d 352 (1994)

Thomas G. BOND, Individually and as the General Partner of Dubuque T.V. Limited Partnership, and William Morris Abernathy, Appellees, v. CEDAR RAPIDS TELEVISION COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Holtman, Iris E. Muchmore, and Carolyn M. Hinz of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

G. Stephen Wiggins of Roberts, Davidson, Wiggins & Crowder, Tuscaloosa, AL, and David J. Dutton, Thomas L. Staack, and Bruce L. Braley of Dutton, Braun, Staack, Hellman & Iversen, P.L.C., Waterloo, for appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, NEUMAN, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

A Dubuque television station recovered a substantial verdict against a Cedar Rapids television station in this tort suit for interfering with a contract. We set aside the recovery because we find as a matter of law that the actions complained of were protected under a principle rooted in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Although the plaintiffs vigorously dispute the point, we are convinced the appeal calls for application...

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