Nathaniel DAVIS, Frederick D. Purdy, Ray E. Davis, Plaintiffs,
v.
Constantin COSTA-GAVRAS, Universal City Studios, Inc., MCA, Inc.; Thomas Hauser, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., and The Hearst Corporation, Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 7, 1984.
February 7, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert Kasanof and Bart M. Schwartz, New York City, for plaintiffs; Robert Kasanof, Bart M. Schwartz, Howard E. Heiss, New York City, of counsel.
Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., for defendants Universal City Studios, Inc., MCA, Inc., and Constantin Costa-Gavras; Irving Younger, David E. Kendall, Steven A. Steinbach, Washington, D.C., of counsel.
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, Esqs., New York City, for defendant Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.; Eugene L. Girden, Eugene M. Gelernter, Linda Novak, New York City, of counsel.
White & Case, New York City, for defendant Thomas Hauser; David J. Branson, Robert G. Berger, Washington, D.C., of counsel.
Baker & Hostetler, Washington, D.C., for defendant Hearst Corp.; Bruce W. Sanford, Washington, D.C., of counsel.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
OPINION AND ORDER
SOFAER, District Judge:
This action for libel was filed on January 11, 1983, in the Eastern District of Virginia. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, and venue on 28 U.S.C. § 1391(a). The plaintiffs are two State Department officials and a naval officer who were stationed in Santiago, Chile, in September 1973, at the time a military coup deposed the...
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