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WENZ v. BECKER

No. 96 Civ. 2161 (SWK).

948 F.Supp. 319 (1996)

Richard E. WENZ, Plaintiff, v. Arthur P. BECKER and Time, Inc., Defendants.

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

December 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schopf & Weiss by Kenneth E. Kraus, Veronica Gomez, Chicago, IL, Sullivan & Gallion by Charles Sullivan, New York City, for Plaintiff.

Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson by Nathaniel H. Akerman, New York City, Miller & Martin by Harry S. Mattice, Jr., Chattanooga, TN, for Defendant Arthur P. Becker.

David B. Wolf, New York City, for Defendant Time, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KRAM, District Judge.

In this defamation action, defendant Arthur P. Becker ("Becker") moves for summary judgement pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 on the ground that his allegedly defamatory statement is protected as a fair and true report on a judicial proceeding under New York Civil Rights Law Section 74. For the reasons set forth below, Becker's motion is denied.

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