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PIERCE v. CAPITAL CITIES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 74-1248.

427 F.Supp. 180 (1977)

Alfred R. PIERCE v. CAPITAL CITIES COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and Richard Kellman.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Thomas Dolan, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Elihu A. Greenhouse, Gregory M. Harvey, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

OPINION AND ORDER

Alfred R. Pierce, formerly a Commissioner of the Delaware River Authority and the Mayor of Camden, New Jersey, has brought this diversity action against defendants Capital Cities Communications, Inc., owner and operator of television broadcasting station WPVI-TV, and Richard Kellman, a television reporter employed by WPVI-TV, for an alleged defamation which occurred on November 20, 1973 when WPVI-TV televised...

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