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CERRITO v. TIME, INC.

Civ. No. 48152.

302 F.Supp. 1071 (1969)

Joseph CERRITO, Plaintiff, v. TIME, INC., Life Magazine, X, Y and Z Corporation, Doe One through Doe Ten, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. California.

August 13, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Ardizzone, San Jose, Cal., Jack Wasserman, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, John B. Bates, John A. Sutro, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., Harold Medina, Jr., New York City, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GEORGE B. HARRIS, Chief Judge.

This action for libel arises out of a series of articles printed in Life magazine concerning organized crime in the United States. In the first of the articles plaintiff is identified as the head of a Cosa Nostra "family" located in San Jose. Subsequent to the appearance of the articles plaintiff brought this action. The case is currently before the court on defendant's motion for summary judgment...

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