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MASSON v. NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, INC.

No. C-84-7548 EFL.

686 F.Supp. 1396 (1987)

Jeffrey M. MASSON, Plaintiff, v. The NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, INC.; Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; Janet Malcolm, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

August 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles O. Morgan, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Karl Olson, Cooper, White & Cooper, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.

ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT

LYNCH, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is an action for defamation and invasion of privacy brought by Jeffrey Masson against defendants Janet Malcolm, The New Yorker magazine, and Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. The dispute arises out of an article written by defendant Malcolm based primarily upon extensive tape-recorded interviews given to Malcolm by Masson.

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