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VIRGIL v. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

Civ. No. 71-179 GT.

424 F.Supp. 1286 (1976)

Michael S. VIRGIL aka Mike Virgil, Plaintiff, v. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, and Time, Inc., a New York Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. California, Fourth Division.

December 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald R. Schmelzer, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff.

Leon W. Scales, Scales, Patton, Ellsworth & Corbett, San Diego, Cal., Harold R. Medina, New York City, for defendants.

OPINION

GORDON THOMPSON, Jr., District Judge.

This opinion culminates round four of a long bout between Mike Virgil and Sports Illustrated magazine.1 In round one this Court prevented a knockout, or perhaps "wipeout" would be more apropos in this context, by denying Time's motion for summary judgment. Round two, Time's interlocutory appeal to the Ninth Circuit, resulted in definition and clarification of the law applicable...

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