RAFFE v. JOHN DOE

No. 84 Civ. 6272 (WCC).

619 F.Supp. 891 (1985)

Hyman RAFFE, individually and on behalf of Puccini Clothes, Ltd., Plaintiff, v. "JOHN DOE," true name unknown to plaintiff but person or persons intended to be those who published and/or distributed certain material on or about July 26, 1984; Hon. Donald Diamond; Hon. Xavier C. Riccobono; Hon. Michael J. Dontzin; Hon. Thomas V. Sinclair, Jr.; Hon. Robert Abrams; David S. Cook; Citibank, N.A., and Jerome H. Barr, individually, and as executors of the Estate of Milton Kaufman; Kreindler & Relkin, P.C.; Lee Feltman; Feltman, Karesh & Major; Arutt, Nachamie, Benjamin, Lipkin & Kirschner, P.C., Defendants.

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

October 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of N.Y., New York City, for defendants Donald Diamond, Xavier C. Riccobono, Michael J. Dontzin, Thomas V. Sinclair, Jr., Robert Abrams, and David S. Cook; Jeffrey I. Slonim, Howard L. Zwickel, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel.

Kreindler & Relkin, P.C., New York City, defendants pro se and for defendants Citibank, N.A. and Jerome H. Barr; Michael J. Gerstein, Edward Weissman, of counsel.

George Sassower, Brooklyn, N.Y., for plaintiff.

Feltman, Karesh & Major, New York City, defendants pro se and for defendant Lee Feltman; Donald F. Schneider, of counsel.

D'Amato & Lynch, New York City, for defendant Arutt, Nachamie, Benjamin, Lipkin & Kirschner, P.C.; Robert E. Meschel, Timothy P. Butler, of counsel.


OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge:

Plaintiff Hyman Raffe ("Raffe") is a shareholder of Puccini Clothes, Ltd. ("Puccini"), a New York corporation dissolved and placed in receivership by the New York Supreme Court. Raffe brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) alleging that various participants in the corporate dissolution and receivership proceedings in that court have violated and continue to violate his civil rights. He...

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