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YESSENIN-VOLPIN v. NOVOSTI PRESS AGCY.

No. 77 Civ. 639 (CHT).

443 F.Supp. 849 (1978)

Alexander S. YESSENIN-VOLPIN, Plaintiff, v. NOVOSTI PRESS AGENCY, TASS Agency and the Daily World, Defendants.

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

January 23, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel B. Mayer, New York City, for plaintiff.

Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, New York City, for defendants Novosti and TASS; Martin Popper, Roger C. Algase, New York City, of counsel.

MEMORANDUM

TENNEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff Alexander S. Yessenin-Volpin, "a persistent defender of the civil and human liberties of the Russian people," Complaint ¶ 5, commenced this action in New York State Supreme Court seeking damages for libel against defendants TASS Agency ("TASS"), Novosti Press Agency ("Novosti") and The Daily World, a newspaper of the Communist Party of the United States. By petition...

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