Worldwide Primates, Inc. v. McGreal, 87 F.3d 1292 (11th Cir. 1996)
Jul 16, 1996OUTCOME: $25,000 sanction affirmed
Sanctions sought against attorney for primate importer for pursuing tortious interference claim against protester of animal abuse.
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OUTCOME: $25,000 sanction affirmed
Sanctions sought against attorney for primate importer for pursuing tortious interference claim against protester of animal abuse.
OUTCOME: All records ordered released.
Action by Mobile Press-Register to require release of police department’s unsuccessful investigation of the murder of Adam Walsh.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed with prejudice.
Tortious interference action by organizer of seminar in Cuba against president of Citibank of Florida for publishing critical letter.
OUTCOME: Order permits inspection of photographs by the public and the press, but not copying.
Opposition to motion filed in murder case to seal photographs of victims.
OUTCOME: Summary judgment for the defendants on ground that plaintiff was a public figure and failed to show actual malice
Libel action against Us magazine by woman identified as an accomplice to her father in the murder of her mother.
OUTCOME: Reversal of order denying Rule 11 sanctions and requiring imposition of sanction against the importer and its counsel
Tortious interference action by primate importer against chairwoman of the International Primate Protection League.
OUTCOME: Jury verdict for defendants.
Libel action based on publication in GQ magazine of plaintiff and Boogie Weinglass.
OUTCOME: Ordinance upheld as constitutional.
Action challenging constitutionality of cable television franchising ordinance on First Amendment grounds.
OUTCOME: Judgment for plaintiff reversed in light of D'oench Duhme doctrine preventing liabilities from being created in the absence of a writing
Appeal of $15.4 million jury verdict by the Resolution Trust Company in lender liability action.
OUTCOME: Summary judgment for the defendants.
Action against publisher of Vanity Fair magazine and writer Kati Marton for tortious interference with claimed exclusive rights to the life story of the prime minister of Hungary.