Bufalino v. Detroit Magazine, Inc

This libel action arose out of the publication of an article in the September, 1981, issue of Monthly Detroit magazine entitled "Jack Tocco: Mob Boss or Model Citizen?” The allegedly libelous statement that is the subject of this dispute is found in a portion of the article devoted to explaining how organized crime in Detroit has been strengthened and perpetuated by intermarriage among the city’s crime "families.” In support of this contention, the article’s author, Edward P. Whelan, quotes a lengthy paragraph from a book written by Francis Ianni, a former Columbia University sociology…