NEIMAN-MARCUS CO. v. LAIT


107 F.Supp. 96 (1952)

NEIMAN-MARCUS CO. et al. v. LAIT et al.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

August 19, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, Arnold, Fortas & Porter, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Hyman I. Fischbach, New York City (Vincent J. Crowe, New York City, of counsel), for defendants Lait and Mortimer.


MURPHY, District Judge.

These are motions by defendants Lait and Mortimer to dismiss a complaint purporting to allege a cause of action in libel on the ground that it fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, and to strike certain paragraphs therefrom. The defendants, at this stage of the proceedings, are authors of a certain book, the complaint having been dismissed on motion by plaintiffs with respect to the printing and publishing defendants.

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