Legal Opinion
Hatfill v. New York Times Co.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 20, 2006No. Civ.A. 1:04CV807CMHLOPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
O’GRADY, United States Magistrate Judge.
Upon consideration of the pleadings and for good cause shown, it is
ORDERED that Plaintiffs Motion to Compel the Identity of Defendant’s Confidential Sources (Dkt. 83) is GRANTED. Plaintiff has brought this defamation action against Defendant, after Defendant published a series of columns alleging that Plaintiff was involved in the anthrax attacks which killed five people in 2001. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332, this action comes to this Court under its diversity jurisdiction. On July 13, 2006, Plaintiff deposed Nicholas Kristof, the author of the…
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- McMillan v. McMillanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
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