TUPAC LAWSUIT DISMISSED BY SUPREME COURT
A libel suit filed against two Philadelphia, Pennsylvania newspapers over late rapper TUPAC SHAKUR’s lyrics won’t be revived, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Civil rights activist C DELORES TUCKER, who died last year (05), originally brought legal action against the slain hip-hop star for writing lyrics that rhymed her surname with an obscenity. She claimed her husband, WILLIAM TUCKER, had suffered loss of "consortium" because of the emotional distress caused.
When the case was dismissed, she sued The Philadelphia Daily News and The Legal Intelligencer for mischaracterising her dispute. They wrongly reported loss of consortium to mean harm to the Tuckers’ sex life.
After his wife’s death, William Tucker pursued the libel suit on their behalf. Pennsylvania state courts dismissed it and the Supreme Court in Washington followed suit on Monday (02OCT06).
The Supreme Court also previously rejected Tucker’s appeal in a similar libel case against Time and Newsweek magazines.
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