DAVIS v. COSTA-GAVRAS

No. 83 Civ. 2539 (MP).

654 F.Supp. 653 (1987)

Ray E. DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. Constantin COSTA-GAVRAS, Universal Studios, Inc., and MCA, Inc., Defendants.

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

Amended Memorandum May 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Kasanof, New York City, Grais & Richards by Barry A. Bohrer, Lee Richards, Linda Cantoni, New York City, for plaintiff.

Williams & Connolly by David E. Kendall, Stephen A. Steinbach, Nicole K. Seligman, Washington, D.C., Irving Younger, Minneapolis, Minn., (Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler by Eugene L. Girden, of counsel) New York City, for defendants.


OPINION

MILTON POLLACK, Senior District Judge.

Preliminary

This is a libel case brought by a public figure which presently is before the Court on a motion by the defendants for summary judgment in their favor pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Following the submission of affidavits and deposition testimony on the motion, the Court determined that an oral evidentiary hearing was needed under Rule 43(e) of...

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