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LEVESQUE v. DOOCY

No. 08-1814.

560 F.3d 82 (2009)

Leon LEVESQUE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steve DOOCY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Kubetz with whom Mark D. Beaumont and Eaton Peabody were on brief for plaintiff-appellant.

Dori Ann Hanswirth with whom Theresa M. House, David A. Soley, Hogan & Hartson LLP, and Bernstein Shur were on brief for defendants-appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, STAHL, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Rare is there an opportunity to interrupt today's twenty-four-hour news cycle, fueled by cable television's incessant need for content and the explosion of Internet websites that promptly apprise us of events across the world. This appeal offers such a moment as we pause to review plaintiff-appellant Leon Levesque's claim that defendants-appellees Fox News Network, LLC ("Fox"), Steve Doocy, and Brian Kilmeade defamed him during a show on the...

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