Vivian RICE, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
PALADIN ENTERPRISES, INC. et al., Defendants.
Michael D. SAUNDERS, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
PALADIN ENTERPRISES, INC., et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Maryland, Southern Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 6, 1996.
September 6, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Howard L. Siegel, and John Marshall, Rockville, MD, and Rodney A. Smolla, Williamsburg, VA, for plaintiffs Rice, Farmer and Horn.
Thomas L. Heeney, Washington, DC, for plaintiff Saunders.
Lee J. Levine, Seth D. Berlin, Washington, DC, Natalie Hanlon-Leh, Thomas B. Kelley and Steven A. Zansberg, Denver, CO, for defendants Paladin Enterprises, Inc. and Peter C. Lund.
Bruce W. Sanford, College Park, MD, and Henry S. Hoberman, and James E. Houpt, Washington, DC, for amici American Book-sellers Foundation for Free Expression, Association of American Publishers, E. W. Scripps Company, Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, Freedom to Read Foundation, Media/Professional Insurance, Magazine Publishers of America, Inc., National Association of Broadcasters, Newspaper Association of America, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Society of Professional Journalists, and Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression; Douglas D. Connah, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland, for amicus Courtroom Television Network.
United States District Court, D. Maryland, Southern Division.
AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION
WILLIAMS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs filed wrongful death and survival actions against the Defendants Paladin Enterprises, Inc. ("Paladin"), a book publishing company, and its President, Peter Lund, for the triple murder committed by convicted killer, James Perry, who had purchased two of the Defendants' books prior to committing the murders.1 Federal jurisdiction is properly invoked pursuant...
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