Bordoni v. New York Times Company, Inc.

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This is one of four actions commenced by Carlo Bordoni against various publications charging that he was falsely libelled by news articles concerning the affairs of the Franklin National Bank (“Bank”), which, among other matters, described the circumstances of plaintiff’s resignation as a director of Franklin New York Corporation (“Franklin”), the Bank’s parent. The defendants in this case are the New York Times, A. M. Rosenthal, its managing editor, and John H. Allan, the reporter who wrote the alleged libelous article.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleges he…