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CANTU v. FLANIGAN

Civil Action No. CV-05-3580 (DGT)(RLM).

705 F.Supp.2d 220 (2010)

Jose Ramiro Garza CANTU, Plaintiff, v. Billy R. FLANIGAN, Unknown/Unnamed Defendant, and Does 1 Through 10, inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

April 14, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer L. Ploetz Williams, Steven W. Williams, Smith Sovik Kendrick & Sugnet, PC, Syracuse, NY, Michael J. Perez, Perez & Wilson LLP, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff.

Billy R. Flanigan, Houston, TX, pro se.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TRAGER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Jose Ramiro Garza Cantu ("Cantu") brought this action against defendant Billy R. Flanigan ("Flanigan"), alleging that Flanigan had defamed Cantu. A jury agreed, awarding Cantu $38,000,000 in economic damages and $150,000,000 in non-economic damages. On appeal, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the $38,000,000 award for economic damages, but remanded the case for an explanation as to why...

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