HOFFA v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 20133.

213 F.Supp. 895 (1963)

James R. HOFFA, Plaintiff, v. The NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Michigan, S. D.

February 4, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Fitzgerald, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff.

R. William Rogers, Dickinson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip, Detroit, Mich., for defendant.


LEVIN, Chief Judge.

James R. Hoffa filed this diversity action to recover damages for libel and slander allegedly committed by The National Broadcasting Company and two individual defendants. The two individual defendants appeared on a national television program broadcast by The National Broadcasting Company and made statements which plaintiff claims were libelous.

The individual defendants were served outside of Michigan, and their motions

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