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ALI v. PLAYGIRL, INC.

No. 78 Civ. 445.

447 F.Supp. 723 (1978)

Muhammad ALI, Plaintiff, v. PLAYGIRL, INC., Tony Yamada and Independent News Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

March 3, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freeman, Meade, Wasserman & Schneider, New York City, for plaintiff; George Stiefel, New York City, of counsel.

Kramer, Lowenstein, Nessen, Kamin & Soll, New York City, for defendant Playgirl, Inc.; Geoffrey M. Kalmus, New York City, of counsel.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for defendant Independent News Co.; Michael D. Hess, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

GAGLIARDI, District Judge.

Plaintiff Muhammad Ali, a citizen of Illinois and until recently the heavyweight boxing champion of the world,1 has brought this diversity action for injunctive relief and damages against defendants Playgirl, Inc., a California corporation, Independent News Company ("Independent"), a New York corporation, and Tony Yamada, a California citizen, for their alleged unauthorized printing, publication...

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