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BUCKLEY v. LITTELL

No. 70 Civ. 2844.

394 F.Supp. 918 (1975)

William F. BUCKLEY, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Franklin H. LITTELL, Defendant.

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

May 23, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Daniel Mahoney, Windels & Marx, New York City, David P. Callahan, Wormser, Kiely, Alessandroni & McCann, New York City, C. Dickerman Williams, Baker, Nelson & Williams, New York City, for plaintiff.

David Blasband, Stanley H. Schneider, Linden & Deutsch, New York City, for defendant.

Dr. Franklin H. Littell, pro se.

OPINION

GRIESA, District Judge.

This is a defamation action, commenced on July 1, 1970 by William F. Buckley, Jr., seeking damages for an alleged libel contained in a book entitled Wild Tongues. The defendants originally sued were the author of the book, Dr. Franklin H. Littell, and the book's publisher, The Macmillan Company.

The case was tried by the court without a jury. During the trial, Buckley and Macmillan reached a settlement and Macmillan...

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