Legal Opinion
Rinieri v. News Syndicate Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 15, 1967No. 98, Dockets 31547, 31578PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
The question we are called upon to decide is whether Antoine B. Rinieri should have been permitted to have his libel action against the News Syndicate Co., Inc. [News] reinstated almost two and a half years after it was ordered dismissed for lack of prosecution.1 Judge Sugarman after first refusing to set aside the order of dismissal, on re-argument granted Rinieri’s application *820and ordered the cause restored to the District Court’s calendar. We reverse.
A summary recital of essential dates in the chronicle of this case is in order. The allegedly defamatory…
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