United States First Circuit

In a defamation suit against Michael Moore for non-consensual use of an interview conducted for NBC Nightly News in Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" documentary film, dismissal of plaintiff's defamation claims is affirmed where plaintiff's appearance in the documentary was not reasonably susceptible of a defamatory meaning or interpretation under Massachusetts state law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/21/2008
• Published 03/21/2008

Judges

• DELGADO-COLÓN, District Judge., Before TORRUELLA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges, and DELGADO-COLÓN, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald J. Feerick, Jr., with whom Philip D. Moran and Feerick LynchMacCartney PLLC, was on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan M. Albano, with whom Carol E. Head and Bingham McCutchen LLP, was on brief, for appellees.