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SHARON v. TIME, INC.

No. 83 Civ. 4660 (ADS).

575 F.Supp. 1162 (1983)

Ariel SHARON, Plaintiff, v. TIME INC., Defendant.

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

December 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shea & Gould, New York City, for plaintiff; Milton S. Gould, Bernard D. Fischman, Arnold Forster, Richard M. Goldstein, Andrea B. Feller, New York City, of counsel.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendant; Robert S. Rifkind, Stuart W. Gold, Louis M. Solomon, Valerie E. Caproni, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION AND ORDER

SOFAER, District Judge.

The complaint in this case, brought by General Ariel Sharon, former Minister of Defense of the State of Israel, charges Time, Inc., with libel for a statement published in Time, its mass-circulation weekly. Sharon claims the statement accuses him of knowingly permitting or encouraging the murder of Palestinian refugees at the Sabra and Shatilla camps in West Beirut, Lebanon. Time has moved to dismiss the complaint...

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