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Judge throws out George Zimmerman's libel suit against NBC
Orlando Sentinel ^ | 06/30/2014 | By Rene Stutzman

Posted on 06/30/2014 8:55:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Edited on 06/30/2014 10:00:03 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A Sanford judge today put an end to George Zimmerman's libel suit against NBC Universal.

Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson ruled that the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer is entitled to no money from the media giant.

She issued a summary judgment in the network's favor, meaning that unless an appeals court reverses her, the case is now dead.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; georgezimmerman; lawsuit; nbc; searchandfind; trayvon; zimmerman
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1 posted on 06/30/2014 8:55:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Figures


2 posted on 06/30/2014 8:56:32 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

Isn’t that Nelson a judge who was part of railroading George in the first place?

George should appeal.


3 posted on 06/30/2014 8:58:21 AM PDT by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosi)
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To: SeekAndFind

You can’t find a more corrupt judge than this. Throw her from the bench.


4 posted on 06/30/2014 9:03:28 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Zenjitsuman

The ruling is factually and legally incorrect and should be overturned.


5 posted on 06/30/2014 9:04:06 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Zenjitsuman; Revel

RE: Isn’t that Nelson a judge who was part of railroading George in the first place?

You’re right. she was the presiding judge in the State of Florida v. George Zimmerman.

Her reputation, among some, as a tough-on-defendants judge, has been analyzed in light of her handling of the case where George Zimmerman fatally shot the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.


6 posted on 06/30/2014 9:04:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Zimmerman loses the case for libel because in cannot prove actual malice.

Zimmerman must prove actual malice because he is a public figure.

Zimmerman is a public figure because the people who libeled him made him one.


7 posted on 06/30/2014 9:05:07 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why is Nelson the judge in this case???


8 posted on 06/30/2014 9:05:17 AM PDT by Shelayne
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To: SeekAndFind

If cutting out the operator asking for a description of the perp, and resequencing the remaining clips such that it appeared Zimmerman just volunteered that he was black isn’t “actual malice” then I don’t know what is.


9 posted on 06/30/2014 9:06:26 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: nathanbedford

Zimmerman loses the case for libel because in cannot prove actual malice.
Zimmerman must prove actual malice because he is a public figure.

Zimmerman is a public figure because the people who libeled him made him one.

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This judge’s reasoning sounds quite circular to me.

How did she get elected judge in the first place?


10 posted on 06/30/2014 9:07:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
"There exists absolutely no clear and convincing evidence that defendants knew that the information published was false at the time it was published, or recklessly disregarded the truth or falsity of those statements. …,"

They doctored their own tapes, presumably they knew that and presumably they knew that they created the very falsehood complained of.


11 posted on 06/30/2014 9:08:41 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: coloradan
Also covering up the bloody wounds on his head from police video with station logo chyron graphics that are moved from their usual corner spot shows intent to mislead.

-PJ

12 posted on 06/30/2014 9:10:58 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Shelayne
Why is Nelson the judge in this case???

Maybe 'cause she's such a hottie....


13 posted on 06/30/2014 9:12:58 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: SeekAndFind
The judge is protecting her own legacy by rejecting this suit.

She knows that when the facts show that NBC inflamed a mob lynching, then the whole farce of the Zimmerman trial is laid bare.

-PJ

14 posted on 06/30/2014 9:13:06 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well that’s a weasel way to get out of a libel suit. Just declare the plaintiff to be a public figure. That’s the ticket!


15 posted on 06/30/2014 9:14:05 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: SeekAndFind
Zimmerman needs to appeal, maybe a honest judge can be found yet.
16 posted on 06/30/2014 9:14:28 AM PDT by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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To: SeekAndFind

IOW abuse of discretion because she was demonstrated as unworthy.


17 posted on 06/30/2014 9:14:50 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: SeekAndFind

The fact that Nelson, who handled the criminal case, did not recuse herself from handling the civil case...is gross judicial misconduct

This ruling will be easily overturned on appeal...Nelson gets overturned on appeal more than I eat breakfast

I wonder why his lawyers did not take case to Federal Court...since NBC owned affiliate was involved


18 posted on 06/30/2014 9:15:28 AM PDT by DisorderOnBorder (Hollywood...Washington DC for pretty people)
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To: driftdiver

What a shock.


19 posted on 06/30/2014 9:15:36 AM PDT by Ultima
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To: SeekAndFind

The communists NBC has such control of the communists judges what in hell did we expect. America is currently controlled by the communists liberals and this is an example.


20 posted on 06/30/2014 9:17:34 AM PDT by Logical me
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