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ROSANOVA v. PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. CV475-58.

411 F.Supp. 440 (1976)

Louis F. ROSANOVA, Plaintiff, v. PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. Georgia, Savannah Division.

April 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reginald C. Haupt, Jr., Haupt & Thompson, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff.

Michael L. Shakman, Devoe, Shadur & Krupp, Chicago, Ill., Walter C. Hartridge, Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, Ga., Peter R. Kolker, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT.

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

I

The July, 1974, issue of Playboy Magazine contained an article, entitled "Playboy's History of Organized Crime", in which the following paragraph appears:

"Watching Fitzsimmons and Nixon that morning, a California investigator shook his head in dismay. `I can stand crooks,' he said, `but it bothers the hell out of me when a guy meets with mobsters and then with...

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