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MANDEL v. BOSTON PHOENIX, INC.

No. CIVA 03-10687 RGS.

483 F.Supp.2d 67 (2006)

Marc E. MANDEL, Plaintiff v. THE BOSTON PHOENIX, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer J. Coyne, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Towson, MD, Mary Alys Azzarito, Salem, MA, Stephen J. Cullen, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Towson, MD, US, for Marc E. Mandel, Plaintiff.

Daniel J. Gleason, Rebecca L. Shuffain, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Boston, MA, Robert L. Hanley, Nolan, Plumhoff & Williams, Chartered, Nottingham Centre, Towson, MD, for the Boston Phoenix Inc., Phoenix/Media Communications Group, Inc., Peter Kadzis, Plaintiffs.

Daniel J. Gleason, Rebecca L. Shuffain, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Boston, MA, Robert L. Hanley, Nolan, Plumhoff & Williams, Chartered, Nottingham Centre, Towson, MD, Robert A. Bertsche, Prince, Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP, Boston, MA, for Susan Ryan-Vollmar, Defendant.

Daniel J. Gleason, Rebecca L. Shuffain, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Boston, MA, Robert L. Hanley, Nolan, Plumhoff & Williams, Chartered, Nottingham Centre, Towson, MD, Paige A. Scott Reed, Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye LLP, Boston, MA, Robert A. Bertsche, Prince, Lobel Glovsky & Tye, LLP, Boston, MA, for Kristen Lombardi, Defendant.

Rebecca L. Shuffain, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Boston, MA, for the Boston Phoenix, LLC, Defendant.

MEMORANDUM

HARRINGTON, Senior District Judge.

The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held in Mandel v. The Boston Phoenix, Inc., et al., 456 F.3d 198, that in this case plaintiffs status as a public official or as a private figure for libel-law purposes shall be determined by the District Court at the close of the evidence at trial.

In response to said opinion, this Court stated in a footnote as...

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