Guest guest Posted November 5, 2002 Report Share Posted November 5, 2002 THE VEGIE LIBEL SUIT IS FINALLY OVER! TEXAS CATTLEMEN vs HOWARD LYMAN & OPRAH WINFREY http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/releases/mcspot041102.html [McSpotlight note: Howard Lyman's appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show immediately followed his appearance as a defence witness in the UK McLibel trial.] Most people recall seeing (or hearing about) Howard Lyman’s appearance on OPRAH on April 16, 1996, when he told the truth (in a few short minutes) about the risk of Mad Cow Disease in the U.S., and Oprah swore off burgers. When cattle future trends plummeted the next day, a group of Texas cattleranchers blamed Howard & Oprah (even tho it had been up & down all month due to the March 20th Mad Cow announcement in England; high grain prices; a drought; and a lower demand), and sued both of them for libel, asking many millions of dollars in damages. Beginning in late January, 1998, they all spent 6 weeks in court in Amarillo, TX. Howard & Oprah won the case. The cattlemen filed an appeal, which took 2 years to be settled. Howard & Oprah won the appeal. MEANWHILE, 161 OTHER cattleranchers, nationwide, filed an identical suit in state court, which was moved into federal court & has been sitting on the judge’s desk for about 3 years! But FINALLY, it has been dismissed, as it should have been long ago, being that Howard & Oprah had already won two decisions on this case. We didn’t know if this day would ever come! " Oprah and I have the distinction of being the first individuals sued under the Texas Food Disparagement Act. " (from " Mad Cowboy, " p. 15) On August 27, 2002, the final verdict on the most recent appeal by " Cactus Feeders " against Oprah Winfrey and Howard Lyman, to a Federal Court, came in. The lawsuit against Oprah and Howard was " dismissed 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. The first lawsuit to test " Food Slander " laws has (finally) ended! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more history of the case, go to: http://www.madcowboy.com/01_BookOP.000.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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