United States First Circuit

In a publicly-traded company chairman's suit against a newspaper reporter, jury verdict in false light invasion of privacy claim vacated where, even if an article communicated the accusation that plaintiff is a convicted felon, false accusation was not shown to have been intentional or made with reckless disregard.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/28/2002
• Published 06/28/2002

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and SARIS, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jonathan M. Albano, with whom Bingham Dana LLP, William L. Chapman and Orr & Reno were on brief, for appellant., Robert A. Bertsche, Zick Rubin, Stuart Svonkin and Hill & Barlow were on brief, for ABC, Inc., Bloomberg L.P., CBS Broadcasting, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., The National Broadcasting Co., Inc., NYP Holdings, Inc., Time Inc., Ziff Davis Media, Inc., The Association of American Publishers, Inc., and The Newspaper Association of America, Inc., amici curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles G. Douglas, III, with whom C. Kevin Leonard, V. Richards Ward, Jr. and Douglas, Leonard & Garvey, P.C. were on brief, for appellee.