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DAVIS v. COSTA-GAVRAS

No. 83 Civ. 2539 (MP).

650 F.Supp. 153 (1986)

Ray E. DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. Constantin COSTA-GAVRAS, Universal City Studios, Inc., and M.C.A. Inc., Defendants.

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

December 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Kasanof, Grais & Richards, New York City (Barry A. Bohrer, Lee Richards, Linda Cantoni, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Williams & Connolly, David E. Kendall, Steven A. Steinbach, Nicole K. Seligman, Washington, D.C., Irving Younger, Minneapolis, Minn. (Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, Eugene L. Girden, New York City, of counsel), for defendants Constantin Costa-Gavras, Universal City Studios, Inc., and MCA Inc.

MEMORANDUM ORDERING HEARING PURSUANT TO FED.R.CIV.P. 43(e)

MILTON POLLACK, Senior District Judge.

Defendants have moved for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in a defamation action brought against them by a public official.

Defendants are the makers of the film "Missing," released in 1982 and based on what took place shortly after the 1973 coup that overthrew the Allende government in Chile. The film dramatizes...

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