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JOFTES v. KAUFMAN

Civ. A. Nos. 3271-67, 216-69.

324 F.Supp. 660 (1971)

Saul E. JOFTES, Plaintiff, v. Rabbi Jay KAUFMAN, Defendant. Saul E. JOFTES, Plaintiff, v. William A. WEXLER et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron N. Scott, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Sheldon E. Bernstein, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GESELL, District Judge.

These two libel actions arise out of the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of plaintiff Saul Joftes from his position as an officer of B'nai B'rith, Inc. In Civil Action No. 3271-67, Joftes sues Rabbi Jay Kaufman, Executive Vice-President of B'nai B'rith, for allegedly libelous statements made in two letters of January 6 and February 20, 1967. In Civil Action No. 216-69, Joftes sues B'nai B'rith and its President...

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