Bordoni v. Washington Post Co.

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This is another of four libel actions commenced by plaintiff based upon articles concerning the affairs of the Franklin National Bank (“Bank”), which refer to plaintiff’s relationship to, and resignation as a director of, the Franklin New York Corporation (“Franklin”), the Bank’s parent. The defendants in this case are the Washington Post Company, B. C. Bradlee, its Executive Editor, and Jack Egan, the reporter who wrote the alleged libelous articles.

Reference is made to and familiarity assumed with this court’s opinion filed this day in plaintiff’s…