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· 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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