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BUCKLEY v. ESQUIRE, INC.

No. 69 Civ. 3577.

344 F.Supp. 1133 (1972)

William F. BUCKLEY, Jr., Plaintiff, v. ESQUIRE, INC., Defendant.

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

June 30, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hellerstein, Rosier & Rembar, New York City, for plaintiff; Charles Rembar, Frank R. Curtis, New York City, of counsel.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendant; Robert S. Rifkind, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION and ORDER

LEVET, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND OF THIS MOTION

This is a motion by defendant Esquire, Inc. ("Esquire") for summary judgment dismissing a complaint of plaintiff William F. Buckley, Jr. for libel.

Plaintiff seeks $1,000,000 damages based on an allegedly libelous and defamatory article written by Gore Vidal which was published in the September 1969 issue of Esquire magazine and republished in December 1969 in an anthology...

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