Rattner v. Netburn

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

This action is yet another offshoot of the litigious relationship between the plaintiff, Marshall Rattner, and the various persons that serve as officers of The Incorporated Village of Pleasantville. Because an attempt to recapitulate the torturous procedural history of the multitudinous disputes between these parties could carry both author and reader well into the next century, we will confine our analysis to the matters at hand. 1

1. FACTS

The briefly stated facts are as follows. On February 11, 1988, the plaintiff ran a paid advertisement in the Pleasantville…