HORNE v. WTVR, LLC

Nos. 17-1483, 17-1613.

893 F.3d 201 (2018)

Angela Engle HORNE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WTVR, LLC, d/b/a CBS6, Defendant-Appellee. Angela Engle Horne, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WTVR, LLC, d/b/a CBS6, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Richard F. Hawkins, III , THE HAWKINS LAW FIRM, PC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Conrad M. Shumadine , WILLCOX & SAVAGE, PC, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: Brett A. Spain , WILLCOX & SAVAGE, PC, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Floyd wrote the opinion, in which Judge Keenan and Judge Wynn joined.


On February 13, 2015, WTVR, LLC ("WTVR") aired a news story about a county school system hiring a felon in violation of a Virginia state law. The news story implied that the felon lied about a prior criminal conviction on a job application, thereby committing a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, Angela Engle Horne, the unidentified...

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