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ZIMMERMAN v. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, LLC

No. 16-cv-0013 (KBJ).

246 F.Supp.3d 257 (2017)

Ryan W. ZIMMERMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, LLC, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed March 31, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity - Libel,Assault,Slander
Nature of Suit: 320 Assault Libel & Slander
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellyde R. Thompson , Kevin S. Reed , Robert L. Raskopf , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, William A. Burck , Scott E. Lerner , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Andrew Dewald Herman , Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Andrew Lawrence Deutsch , Francis W. Ryan , Rachel Stevens , DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY, Anthony David Gill , DLA Piper LLP, Constance Morrow Pendleton , Lisa Beth Zycherman , Robert Corn-Revere , Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Jay Ward Brown , Matthew L. Schafer , Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In any lawsuit claiming defamation of character, the status of the individual who was allegedly defamed is one key determinant of the applicable legal standard. Whereas a private individual can maintain a suit for defamation if the publisher...

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