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MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS v. CBS NEWS

No. G75-524 C.A.

485 F.Supp. 893 (1980)

MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS, a Michigan non-profit Corporation, in its own right, and in behalf of its members; Thomas L. Washington, Carl Johnson, Fred Bear, Thomas Anderson and Ben East, in their own right and in behalf of all sport game hunters in the State of Michigan, Plaintiffs, v. CBS NEWS, a Division of CBS, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

February 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glassen, Rhead, McLean & Campbell, Neil A. McLean and Harold W. Glassen, Lansing, Mich., of counsel, for plaintiffs.

Varnum, Riddering, Wierengo & Christenson, F. William Hutchinson, Grand Rapids, Mich., Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van-Zile, George E. Brand, Jr., Detroit, Mich., of counsel, for defendant.

OPINION

FOX, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs have brought suit against defendant CBS News claiming that they were defamed by two of defendant's television broadcasts concerning the subject of hunting. This case was properly removed from state circuit court, and this court immediately dissolved the state court's injunction which prevented defendant from rebroadcasting the shows. Defendant has now filed a motion...

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