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FITZGERALD v. PENTHOUSE INTERN., LTD.

Civ. A. No. M-77-1900.

525 F.Supp. 585 (1981)

James W. FITZGERALD v. PENTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL, LTD., et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

October 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William McKamey and George Seymour Morgan, Bethesda, Md., for plaintiff.

William H. Engelman, John Philip Miller, and Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman & Belgrad, Baltimore, Md., Norman Roy Grutman, New York City, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JAMES R. MILLER, Jr., District Judge.

The plaintiff, James W. Fitzgerald, brought this action for libel and other torts1 against Penthouse International, Ltd. (Penthouse), Meredith Corporation, Robert C. Guccione, and Steve Chapple. According to the plaintiff, he was injured by the publication of an article, authored by Chapple, in the June, 1977 issue of Penthouse magazine. The article, entitled "The Pentagon...

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