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DAVIS v. COSTA-GAVRAS

No. 83 Civ. 2539 (KTD).

619 F.Supp. 1372 (1985)

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

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

October 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Kasanof and Grais & Richards, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., for Costa-Gavras, Universal City Studios, Inc. and MCA, Inc.

David Branson, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Washington, D.C., for Thomas Hauser.

Baker & Hostetler, Washington, D.C., for Hearst Corp.

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, 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 (1982). In this district the matter was originally assigned to Judge Abraham D. Sofaer and upon...

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