MEEROPOL v. NIZER

No. 886, Docket 76-7434.

560 F.2d 1061 (1977)

Michael MEEROPOL and Robert Meeropol, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Louis NIZER, Doubleday & Co., Inc. and Fawcett Publications, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall Perlin, New York City (Kristin Booth Glen, New York City, Samuel Gruber, Stamford, Conn., and Max R. Millman, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert M. Callagy, New York City (Satterlee & Stephens, James Rittinger, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Doubleday & Co., Inc. and Fawcett Publications, Inc.

George Berger, New York City (Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, Martin Stein, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Louis Nizer.

Before MOORE, SMITH and MULLIGAN, Circuit Judges.


J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Michael and Robert Meeropol appeal from dismissal on summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Harold R. Tyler, Jr. and Lee P. Gagliardi, Judges, of a three-count complaint alleging infringement of statutory copyright (Count I), invasion of privacy and defamation (Count II), and infringement of common law copyright (Count III). Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1338...

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