United States First Circuit

In a defamation action against the Fox News Network, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where plaintiff did not prove with convincing clarity that the defendants acted with actual malice or a reckless disregard for the truth when it reported on the challenged statements.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/19/2009
• Published 03/19/2009

Judges

• STAHL, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, STAHL, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bernard J. Kubetz with whom Mark D. Beaumont and Eaton Peabody were on brief for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dori Ann Hanswirth with whom Theresa M. House, David A. Soley, Hogan & Hartson LLP, and Bernstein Shur were on brief for defendants-appellees.