Oprah/Lyman lawsuit is OVER!

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FREEDOM OF SPEECH STILL ROCKS!!!!!!

 

(with apologies to Orpah (who announced on the court

doorsteps " Free Speech

Rocks " upon the original verdict back in 1998)

 

08/27/02: " ...and it's over. The verdict on the most

recent appeal by

" Cactus Feeders " against Oprah Winfrey and Howard

Lyman, to a Federal

Court has come in. The lawsuit against Oprah and

Howard was " dimissed with

prejudice. " After almost 6 years and who knows how

many millions of

dollars in lawyer's fees, the case is over. Oprah and

Howard won, and not

only that, " Cactus Feeders " , et. al., are not

permitted to appeal this

verdict to a higher court (i.e., the Supreme Court) or

pursue the matter

any more.

 

DONE DEAL. The first lawsuit to test " Food Slander "

laws has ended.

 

FINAL THREE DOCUMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL JUDGE (and more

information on the

trial in general):

http://www.madcowboy.com/01_BookOP.000.html

 

 

LITIGATION TRAIL:

 

* Original trial was in February 1998: Amarillo,

Texas. During the first

trial Oprah and Howard filed for the judge to dismiss

the case, she then

dismissed the food disparagement portion. The libel

portion was allowed to

continue. The April 1998 vedict was for Oprah and

Howard.

 

* The April 1998 verdict in Oprah/Howard's favor was

appealed in the 5th

Circuit Court by Cactus Feeders, et. al. A unanimous

decision upheld the

verdict.

 

* A " re-hearing " was denied. The suit was then filed

in State Court by

Cactus Feeders, et. al.

 

* The suit filed in State Court was identical to the

previously decided in

Federal Court.

 

* Howard moved the case from State Court to Federal

Court (as he is not a

resident of Texas and this is his right under law)

 

* That request to move the case to Federal Court was

appealed by Cactus

Feeders, et. al., and the Federal Judge denied the

request.

 

* On August 27, 2002, the Federal Judge dismissed the

case with prejudice,

effectively indicating that the case belongs in

Federal Court, the Judge

had it, and it stays there. Case over, statute of

limitations have

expired. THE CASE CANNOT BE FILED AGAIN, ANYWHERE...

INCLUDING THE SUPREME

COURT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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