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WORLD BOXING COUNCIL v. COSELL

No. 86 Civ. 9738 (WCC).

715 F.Supp. 1259 (1989)

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL, Plaintiff, v. Howard COSELL, Defendant.

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

As Amended June 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Karol Roberts and Steve Sumner, Dallas, Tex., and Simon, Freidman & Associates, Hauppage, N.Y. (Richard Simon, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Lehrer, New York City (Slade R. Metcalf, Barry S. Gold and Mark H. Jackson, of counsel), for defendant.

AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge:

This bout between boxing heavyweights pits plaintiff, the World Boxing Council (the "WBC"), against defendant, sportscaster Howard Cosell ("Cosell"). In this diversity action, the WBC charges Cosell with libel for a passage in a book he co-authored with writer Peter Bonventre, entitled I Never Played the Game. Cosell counterpunches with a motion for summary judgment under Rule 56, Fed.R...

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