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FLAMM v. AMERICAN ASS'N OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN

No. 98 Civ. 0151(DC).

28 F.Supp.2d 185 (1998)

Leonard N. FLAMM, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN and the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, Defendants.

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

December 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Leonard N. Flamm, by Leonard N. Flamm, Norman Mednick, Jill Schwartz, New York City, NY, for plaintiff.

Davis Wright Tremain, LLP, by Laura R. Handman, Carolyn K. Foley, New York City, NY, for defendants.

AMENDED OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

In this diversity case, plaintiff Leonard N. Flamm, a lawyer, alleges that defendants American Association of University Women ("AAUW") and the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund ("LAF") defamed him by describing him in a directory of professionals as "an `ambulance chaser' with interest only in `slam dunk cases.'"

The question presented is whether the statement constitutes actionable defamation. Defendants move...

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