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BROWN v. HEARST CORP.

Civ. A. No. 93-11601-JLT.

862 F.Supp. 622 (1994)

Willis N. BROWN, Jr., Plaintiff, v. HEARST CORPORATION d/b/a WCVB-TV Channel 5, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

July 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay E. Robinson, Dallas, TX, Edwin M. Sigel, Dallas, TX, Elizabeth Croke, Law Offices of Mario Bozza, Boston, MA, for plaintiff.

Steven J. Comen, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Boston, MA, Paul Christopher Walter, Stephen Edward Fox, Robert James Garrey, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, Chief Judge.

I.

Background

On November 13, 1990, and again on August 15, 1991, defendant Hearst Corporation, doing business as WCVB-TV Channel 5 ("Channel 5"), aired "The Other Pilot's Wife" (the "Broadcast") on Chronicle, a television program with a newsmagazine format.1 The Broadcast told the story of the March 1987 disappearance of Regina Brown ("Regina") from the...

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