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PRICE v. VIKING PENGUIN, INC.

Civ. 4-85-819.

676 F.Supp. 1501 (1988)

David PRICE, Plaintiff, v. VIKING PENGUIN, INC., Peter Matthiessen, and Bruce Ellison, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

January 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel P. O'Keefe, and Roger J. Magnuson, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Minn., appeared on behalf of plaintiff.

Martin Garbus, and Richard Kurnit, Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein & Selz, New York City, appeared on behalf of defendants Viking Penguin, Inc., and Peter Matthiessen.

Barbara F.L. Penn, St. Paul, Minn., also appeared on behalf of Viking Penguin, Inc.

Bruce Ellison, Rapid City, S.D., appeared pro se.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DIANA E. MURPHY, District Judge.

Plaintiff David Price, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), brought this defamation action against defendants Viking Penguin, Inc. (Viking), Peter Matthiessen, and Bruce Ellison in connection with the publication of the book In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. Plaintiff alleges that the book defames him in connection with events...

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