Legal Opinion
Mazzella v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 2, 1979No. 77 C 1011PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEAHER, District Judge.
This motion to compel discovery arises in a libel action brought by Louis Mazzella, for himself and Sentinel Brokerage Corporation (“Sentinel”), against Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. (“PNI”), publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and William Lambert, an Inquirer reporter. The action was originally commenced in Supreme Court, Nassau County, and later removed to this court by defendants on the ground of diversity of citizenship, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441. The question presented is whether Lambert can be compelled to divulge certain allegedly…
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