ANAYA v. CBS BROADCASTING INC.

No. CIV 06-0476 JB/LCS.

626 F.Supp.2d 1158 (2009)

Lillian ANAYA and Mel Anaya, Plaintiffs, v. CBS BROADCASTING INC., Emmis Communications, Corp., Sharyl Attkisson, Tri-City Auto Sales, Inc. d/b/a All Mustang Performance or AMP Performance, and Thomas Thompson in his official and individual capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

May 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd M. Lopez, Julie Sakura, Lopez & Sakura LLP, Jesse A. Boyd, Attorney at Law, Santa Fe, NM, John W. Boyd, Michael Lee Goldberg, Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg & Ives, Albuquerque, NM, for the Plaintiffs.

John B. Pound, Nancy Long, Long, Pound & Komer, P.A., Santa Fe, NM, Michael L. Raiff, Thomas S. Leatherbury, Marc A. Fuller, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendants CBS Broadcasting Inc., Sharyl Attkisson, and Emmis Communications, Corp.

Frederick G. Gamble, Attorney at Law, Tempe, AZ, Kirk R. Allen, Matthew S. Rappaport, Miller Stratvert P.A., Albuquerque, NM, for Defendants Thomas Thompson and Tri-City Auto Sales, Inc. d/b/a AMP Parts and Performance or All Mustang Performance.

James P. Bieg Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A. Santa Fe, NM Bruce Hall Theresa W. Parrish Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Albuquerque, NM for Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Regents of the University of California at Berkley.


AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER1

JAMES O. BROWNING, District Judge.

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on CBS's Initial Motion for Summary Judgment, filed May 13, 2008 (Doc. 150)("Motion"). The Court held a hearing on September 18, 2008. The primary issues are: (i) whether Plaintiff Lillian Anaya was a public official under the law of defamation; (ii) whether Lillian Anaya was a "limited-purpose...

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