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LEVIN v. McPHEE

No. 95 Civ. 5179 (LAK).

917 F.Supp. 230 (1996)

Ilya D. LEVIN, Plaintiff, v. John McPHEE, the New Yorker Magazine, Inc., and Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., Defendants.

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

March 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erica B. Raved, New York City, for Plaintiff.

Leon Friedman, New York City, for Defendants John McPhee and Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.

Kevin W. Goering, Christine Hoey, Coudert Brothers, New York City, for Defendant New Yorker Magazine, Inc.

OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

In this action, Ilya D. Levin, plaintiff, contends that he was libeled by statements made in a book entitled THE RANSOM OF RUSSIAN ART, by defendant John McPhee. The book was published by defendant Farrar, Straus & Giroux ("Farrar") and excerpted in an article with the same title published by defendant The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. (the "The New Yorker"). Plaintiff complains that the portions of the book and the...

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