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SPERN v. TIME, INC.

Civ. A. No. 70-368.

324 F.Supp. 1201 (1971)

Rev. A. C. SPERN v. TIME, INC.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

March 17, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahady & Mahady, Greensburg, Pa., for plaintiff.

Eckert, Seamans & Cherin, Pittsburgh, Pa., Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendant.

OPINION AND ORDER

KNOX, District Judge.

This action is one brought by Angelo C. Spern against Time, Inc., for an alleged libel which appeared in the November 14, 1969, issue of Life Magazine. The article complained of examined the so called instant minister ordination and religious diploma mill rackets. The article is entitled "Praise the Lord and Pass the Diplomas". The only paragraph of the nine-page article offensive to the plaintiff reads as follows...

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