Legal Opinion
Hazlitt v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided November 4, 1953No. Civ. A. 3685PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Chief Judge.
This action was originally based upon a claimed libel in a story published in the May 1950 issue of defendant’s magazine “Startling Detective.” The plaintiff, a citizen of Oklahoma, brought his action to the Superior Court for Fairfield County on February 29, 1952, and the defendant, a Connecticut Corporation removed the .case to this court. The complaint now contains two counts, this court having on January 19, 1953, granted •plaintiff’s motion to add the second count. Defendant answered the first count, which is for libel, and has moved for summary judgment on its second…
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