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PETER SCALAMANDRE & SONS, INC. v. KAUFMAN

No. 96-50253.

113 F.3d 556 (1997)

PETER SCALAMANDRE & SONS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Merco Joint Venture, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. Hugh B. KAUFMAN, et al., Defendants, Hugh B. Kaufman; TriStar Television, Inc., Defendants-Counter Plaintiffs-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Davies Tydings, David L. Elkind, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, Washington, DC, Robert Eric Birne, Dallas, TX, for Merco Joint Venture, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee.

David Michael Gunn, Bellaire, TX, for Hugh B. Kaufman, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant.

Peter Drew Kennedy, James A. Hemphill, George, Donaldson & Ford, Austin, TX, for The National Broadcasting Co., Dow Jones & Co., Inc., Fox Inc. and The Texas Association of Broadcasters, amici curiae.

Robert E. Lapin, Carrigan, Lapin, Landa & Wilde, Houston, TX, for Accuracy In Media, Inc., amicus curiae.

Dan Duncan Davison, Ben Taylor, Fulbright & Jaworski, Dallas, TX, William Joseph Boyce, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for TriStar Television, Inc., Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant.

Before DUHÉ, BENAVIDES and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Hugh B. Kaufman and TriStar Television appeal a defamation judgment awarding Appellee Merco Joint Venture nominal damages of $1 against each appellant, and punitive damages of $500,000 against Kaufman and $4.5 million against TriStar. Because Merco failed to prove actual malice, we reverse and render judgment for Appellants.

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