TILTON v. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.

No. 95-5152.

95 F.3d 32 (1996)

Robert G. TILTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC., a New York corporation; American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation; ABC News, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Diane Sawyer; Robbie Gordon; Kelly Sutherland, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.C. Joyce, Joyce and Pollard, Tulsa, Oklahoma, appearing for Appellant.

Floyd Abrams, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City (Susan Buckley and David G. Januszewski, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, and Clyde A. Muchmore, Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with him on the brief) appearing for Appellees.

Before TACHA, BRISCOE, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Robert G. Tilton sued Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., ABC News, Inc., and several employees of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., for libel and false invasion of privacy arising out of the broadcast of two television programs in 1991 and 1992. All defendants moved for summary judgment on the merits of Tilton's claims, and corporate defendants Capital Cities/ABC, Inc...

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