MEDICO V TIME, INC.
643 F.2d 134, certiorari denied, 454 U.S. 836 (1981)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a libel action instituted by a public figure. Medico (P)
appealed from the judgment, which granted Time's (D) motion for summary judgment in P's
defamation suit based on the publication by the news magazine of a summary of Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) documents that identified him as a member of an organized crime
family.
FACTS: A Time magazine (D) article stated that congressman Daniel Flood steered
government business to Medico Industries (P), which Rackets Boss Russell Bufalino
frequented. P sued for defamation. D was granted summary judgment. D submitted two FBI
documents which were supplemented with affidavits of two FBI agents. P appealed.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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