NICKLEN v. SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.

20-CV-10300 (JSR).

551 F.Supp.3d 188 (2021)

Paul NICKLEN and Christina Mittermeier, Plaintiffs, v. SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Signed July 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Kaplan , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, Bryan Daniel Hoben , Peekskill, NY, James Henry Bartolomei , James H. Bartolomei, III PA, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiffs.

Thomas Byrne Sullivan , Ballard Spahr LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., WCWN Licensee, LLC, WCWN, LLC., KDSM, LLC, KDSM Licensee, LLC, Chesapeake Media I, LLC, KRNV, LLC, KRXI, LLC, KVCW, LLC, KVMY, LLC, KATV, LLC, KATY Licensee, LLC, KTUL, LLC, KTUL Licensee, LLC, WLUK Licensee LLC, WJAR Licensee LLC, WCWF Licensee, LLC, WBMA Licensee, LLC, WSET Licensee, LLC, WVTV Licensee, Inc., Raleigh (WRDC-TV) Licensee, LLC, Birmingham (WABM-TV) Licensee, Inc., WICS Licensee, LLC, KOKH LLC, KOKH Licensee, LLC, Milwaukee Television LLC, WCGV Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Media III, Inc., WCHS Licensee, LLC, WVAH Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Properties, LLC, WDKA Licensee, LLC, WMMP Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Television of El Paso, LLC, KDBC Licensee, LLC, WGME, Inc., WGME Licensee, LLC, WSMH, Inc., WSMH Licensee, LLC, WUCW Licensee, LLC, KABB Licensee, LLC, KDNL Licensee, LLC, KEYE Licensee, LLC, KFDM Licensee, LLC, KFOX Licensee, LLC, KGAN Licensee, LLC, KHGI Licensee, LLC, KHQA Licensee, LLC, KOCB Licensee, LLC, KPTH Licensee, LLC, KRCG Licensee, LLC, KSAS Licensee, LLC, KTVL Licensee, LLC, KTVO Licensee, LLC, KUTV Licensee, LLC, KVII Licensee, LLC, WACH Licensee, LLC, WEAR Licensee, LLC, WFGX Licensee, LLC, WFXL Licensee, LLC, WGFL Licensee, LLC, WGXA Licensee, LLC, WKRC Licensee, LLC, WLFL Licensee, LLC, WLOS Licensee, LLC, WMSN Licensee, LLC, WNAB Licensee, LLC, WNWO Licensee, LLC, WOAI Licensee, LLC, Wolf Licensee, LLC, WPBN Licensee, LLC, WPDE Licensee, LLC, WPEC Licensee, LLC, WPGH Licensee, LLC, WRGB Licensee, LLC, WRLH Licensee, LLC, WSYX Licensee, LLC, WTGS Licensee, LLC, WTOV Licensee, LLC, WTTO Licensee, LLC, WTVC Licensee, LLC, WVTX Licensee, LLC, WTVZ Licensee, LLC, WUHF Licensee, LLC, WUTV Licensee, LLC, WUXP Licensee, LLC, WWHO Licensee, LLC, WWMT Licensee, LLC, WXLV Licensee, LLC, WZTV Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Television of Abilene, LLC, Sinclair Television of Bristol, LLC, Sinclair Television of Montana, LLC, WCTI Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Television of Fresno LLC, KMPH Licensee, LLC, WJAC Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Television of Omaha, LLC, KPTM Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Television of Bakersfield, LLC, Sinclair Television of Portland, LLC, Sinclair Kennewick Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Seattle Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Boise Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Yakima Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Lewiston Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Eugene Licensee, LLC, KAME, LLC, WICD Licensee, LLC, KFXA Licensee LLC, KUPN Licensee LLC, KUQI Licensee, LLC, WSTQ Licensee, LLC, WUPN Licensee, LLC, Sinclair Television of California, LLC, Sinclair Television of Seattle, Inc., Sinclair Television of Oregon, LLC, Sinclair Television of Washington Inc., Sinclair La Grande Licensee, LLC.

Joseph Slaughter , Ballard Spahr LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiff Paul Nicklen captured footage of a starving polar bear and posted the video to his Instagram and Facebook accounts. Dozens of news outlets and online publishers, including Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, the "Sinclair Defendants"), embedded the video in...

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