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CONTEMPORARY MISSION, INC. v. NEW YORK TIMES CO.

No. 80 Civ. 6587 (VLB).

665 F.Supp. 248 (1987)

CONTEMPORARY MISSION, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. The NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Defendant.

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

July 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Father John O'Reilly, pro se.

William O'Reilly, Westport, Conn., for plaintiffs.

James C. Goodale, John G. Koeltl, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

I.

This defamation action arises from the publication in the November 1, 1980 edition of The New York Times of an article entitled "Westport Priests Beset by Church and U.S. on Status" (the "article"). The subjects of the article were the plaintiffs, Contemporary Mission, Inc. ("Contemporary Mission"), a not-for-profit organization of Catholic priests based in Westport, Connecticut,...

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