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VELLE TRANSCENDENTAL RESEARCH ASS'N v. SANDERS

No. CV 74-2985-RJK.

518 F.Supp. 512 (1981)

VELLE TRANSCENDENTAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, INC., a California Nonprofit Corporation, and Richard M. Brayton, Plaintiffs, v. Ed SANDERS, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., a New York Corporation, and Avon Books, a Division of The Hearst Corp., a New York Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

May 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cossack & Artz, Law Offices of Paul Sweeney, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Mayer, Brown & Platt, Watson B. Tucker, Chicago, Ill., Johnson, Manfredi & Thorpe, George A. Manfredi, Brien F. McMahon, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

KELLEHER, District Judge.

This is an action for libel brought against the author and publishers of a book entitled, The Family, which addresses the activities of Charles Manson and his followers in the late 1960's. The action was filed on October 20, 1972, in the Northern District of Illinois. On October 18, 1974, it was transferred to the Central District of California before Judge Robert Firth. Over four years later...

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