· 4/27/1989
Marla Ross v. Midwest Communications, Inc., D/B/A Wcco Television, Andy Greenspan and Al Austin
Citations
- 870 F.2d 271
How courts have described this case
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- holding that identification of particular victim, details of her attack, and her knowledge were of unique credibility and persuasive force in story
- stating that “judges, acting with the benefit of hindsight, must resist the temptation to edit journalists aggressively” because “[e]xuberant judicial blue-penciling after-the-fact would blunt the quills of even the most honorable journalists”
- “Exuberant judicial blue-penciling after-the-fact would blunt the quills of even the most honorable journalists.”
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Judges: Reayley, Higginbotham, Smith
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