Dieterle v. Universal Publishing & Distributing Corp.

The corporate defendant has moved to vacate plaintiff’s demand for an examination before trial for the alleged reason that as a matter of law the plaintiff is not entitled to such an examination. The individual defendant has moved to vacate the notice of plaintiff’s examination before trial on the grounds that a general examination before trial in an action for libel is improper, unauthorized, immaterial and unnecessary. In the alternative, the individual defendant seeks to limit the examination to certain particular matters.

Defendant Moore admits writing a paperback novel entitled 11 Sex…