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DAVIS v. COSTA-GAVRAS

No. 83 Civ. 2539 (ADS).

595 F.Supp. 982 (1984)

Nathaniel DAVIS, Frederick D. Purdy, Ray E. Davis, Plaintiffs, v. Constantin COSTA-GAVRAS; Universal City Studios, Inc.; MCA, Inc.; and the Hearst Corporation, Defendants.

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

October 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Kasanof and Bart M. Schwartz, New York City, for plaintiffs; Robert Kasanof, Bart M. Schwartz, Howard E. Heiss, New York City, of counsel.

Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., for defendants Universal City Studios, Inc., MCA, Inc., and Constantin Costa-Gavras; Irving Younger, David E. Kendall, Steven A. Steinbach, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Baker & Hostetler, Washington, D.C., for defendant Hearst Corp.; Bruce W. Sanford, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

OPINION AND ORDER

SOFAER, District Judge:

Plaintiffs filed this libel action in January 1983 in the Eastern District of Virginia. The suit was subsequently transferred to the Southern District of New York. Davis v. Costa-Gavras, No. 83-0019-A (E.D.Va. March 25, 1983). Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Plaintiffs are two State Department officials, Nathaniel Davis and Frederick D. Purdy, and a naval officer,...

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