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GUCCIONE v. FLYNT

No. 83 Civ. 8020 (RWS)

618 F.Supp. 164 (1985)

Robert C. GUCCIONE and Penthouse International, Ltd., Plaintiffs, v. Larry C. FLYNT, Hustler Magazine, Inc. and Flynt Distributing Company, Inc., Defendants.

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

August 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grutman, Miller, Greenspoon & Hendler, New York City, for plaintiffs; Jeffrey H. Daichman, Leonard A. Rodes, New York City, of counsel.

Anderson Russell Kill & Olick, P.C., New York City, for defendant Flynt Distributing Co., Inc.; Avraham C. Moskowitz, Duncan N. Darrow, New York City, of counsel.

Cooper Epstein & Hurewitz, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendant Hustler Magazine, Inc.; Alan L. Isaacman, David O. Carson, Beverly Hills, Cal., and Feldman & Feldman by Stephen E. Feldman, New York City, of counsel.

David L. Kahn, Los Angeles, Cal. for defendant Larry C. Flynt; Lipsitz, Green, Fahring, Roll, Schuller & James, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Defendants Larry C. Flynt ("Flynt"), Hustler Magazine, Inc. ("Hustler") and Flynt Distributing Company, Inc. ("FDC") have moved once again for summary judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(b) dismissing the libel claims of plaintiff Robert C. Guccione ("Guccione"). Flynt has also moved to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b) for lack of personal jurisdiction. For the reasons discussed below, the motions are denied.

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