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MISS AMERICA PAGEANT, INC. v. PENTHOUSE INTERN., LTD.

Civ. A. No. 79-3410.

524 F.Supp. 1280 (1981)

MISS AMERICA PAGEANT, INC., Plaintiff, v. PENTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

October 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Faber, Horn, Kaplan, Goldberg & Gorny, Atlantic City, N. J., for plaintiff.

Jeffrey Daichman, Grutman, Schafrann & Miller, New York City, Stephen S. Lippman, Michael J. Ferro, Jr., P.C., Hackensack, N. J., for defendant.

OPINION

GERRY, District Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this libel action complaining of the publication by defendant in the August 1979 issue of Penthouse Magazine of an article entitled "Miss Wyoming Saves the World ...." Plaintiff alleges that defendant falsely and with actual malice published certain false and libelous words about plaintiff's contestant, Miss Wyoming, and thus about plaintiff. Plaintiff also alleges that certain words directly of and concerning...

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