Michael Moore wins another round in libel case

[babylonsister]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikeinthenews/index.php?id=9239

February 21st, 2007 12:06 am
Michael Moore wins another round in libel case

By John Flesher / Associated Press

TRAVERSE CITY -- Filmmaker Michael Moore won another round Tuesday in a court battle with the brother of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Ohio sided with a Michigan-based federal judge who in 2005 threw out James Nichols’ suit accusing Moore of libeling and defaming him in the Oscar-winning movie, “Bowling for Columbine.”

Nichols, a Sanilac County soybean farmer, contended statements in the 2002 film could lead viewers to believe he was involved in the bombing. He also claimed the film invaded his privacy and inflicted emotional distress.

But a three-judge panel ruled unanimously that District Judge Paul D. Borman acted properly in rejecting the lawsuit. Borman found that Moore’s statements about Nichols were “factual and substantially true.”

Nichols “has not presented any evidence indicating that Michael Moore intended to falsely implicate James Nichols in the Oklahoma City bombing,” the appeals panel said.

Moore’s attorney, Herschel Fink, said it was gratifying that two federal courts had turned away challenges to the accuracy of the film, a withering commentary on guns and violence in America that won the Academy Award for best documentary.

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[CatWoman]

1. heh

a lawyer named "Fink"?

:rofl:

Sorry BS, sometimes the juvenile in me is itching to burst out :hi:

[FormerDittoHead]

2. Geeze. Who was the "Sugardaddy" who bankrolled the losing lawsuit??? boo. hoo.

Was it George Soros? :sarcasm: