Legal Opinion
Mueller v. Rayon Consultants, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 16, 1961PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.
This is a motion by defendant Schmitz to vacate a warrant of attachment or, in the alternative, to modify it and to compel plaintiff to increase the security given by him.
Jurisdiction is based on diverse citizenship and the law of New York is applicable. The complaint, the sufficiency of which has been sustained, pleads three separate claims for defamation based upon the malicious publication of three distinct letters; $250,000 damage is claimed for each libel for a total claim of $750,000.
The non-resident defendant, Schmitz, was personally served with process…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Quentin Reynolds v. Westbrook Pegler, the Hearst Corporation and Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Bernstein v. Van Heyghen Freres Societe AnonymeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Ben-Oliel v. Press Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Stevenson v. Hearst Consol. Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Republic of Italy v. De AngelisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
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