Legal Opinion
Levin v. McPhee
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 4, 1996No. 95 Civ. 5179 (LAK)PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 Aet, by defendant John McPhee. The book was published by defendant Far-rar, 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 article pertaining to the mysterious death of a noted Russian dissident artist, Evgeny Rukhin, charge plaintiff with cowardice and with involvement in…
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3Cited by27 opinions
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