Food Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
Court	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Full case name	Food Lion, Inc. v.Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., et al.
Decided	October 20, 1999 (1999-10-20)
Case history
Appealed from	United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Court membership
Judges sitting	Paul V. Niemeyer M. Blane Michael Diana Gribbon Motz
Case opinions
Majority	Michael, joined by Motz
Concur/dissent	Niemeyer

Food Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 194 F.3d 505 (4th Cir. 1999), was a case in which theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that twoPrimeTime Live journalists hadtrespassed and breached theirduty of loyalty, but had not committedfraud, when they secured jobs atFood Lion under fake identities and secretly tookvideo andaudio recordings. The journalists were acting on a tip that Food Lion was engaging in deceptive practices in sellingmeat, including grinding expired and fresh beef together andbleaching meat to mask its smell.

• Text ofFood Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 194 F.3d 305 (4th Cir. 1999) is available from: Google Scholar
• Text ofFood Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 984 F. Supp. 923 (M.D.N.C. 1997) is available from: Google Scholar
• Text ofFood Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 964 F. Supp. 956 (M.D.N.C. 1997) is available from: Google Scholar
• Text ofFood Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 951 F. Supp. 1233 (M.D.N.C. 1996) is available from: Google Scholar
• Text ofFood Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 951 F. Supp. 1224 (M.D.N.C. 1996) is available from: Google Scholar
• Text ofFood Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 951 F. Supp. 1217 (M.D.N.C. 1996) is available from: Google Scholar
• Text ofFood Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 951 F. Supp. 1211 (M.D.N.C. 1996) is available from: Google Scholar
• Text ofFood Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 946 F. Supp. 420 (M.D.N.C. 1996) is available from: Google Scholar
• Text ofFood Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 887 F. Supp. 811 (M.D.N.C. 1995) is available from: Google Scholar

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