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CERRITO v. TIME, INC.

No. 24941.

449 F.2d 306 (1971)

Joseph CERRITO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TIME, INC., Life Magazine, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 11, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Ardizonne (appeared), San Jose, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Noble K. Gregory (appeared), John A. Sutro Jr., John B. Bates, of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., Harold R. Medina, Jr., Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendants-appellees.

Before CARTER, KILKENNY and CHOY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Joseph Cerrito appeals from an adverse summary judgment entered by the District Court1 disposing of his action to recover damages for alleged libel from Time, Inc.2 (Time), the publisher of Life magazine in which had appeared a series of articles entitled "The Mob" on the subject of organized crime in the United States with particular emphasis on the "Cosa Nostra." We affirm.

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