District Court, S.D. New York October 12, 1978, 77 CIV 3666 (LBS) (Handelman v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.)

OPINION

SAND, District Judge.

Jurisdiction in this libel action is based upon diversity of citizenship. Plaintiff alleges that he was libeled by a

Hustler

feature article about William Loeb, publisher of the

Manchester Union Leader

and the

New Hampshire Sunday News,

which, among other matters, described the extensive litigation which raged over the estate of William Loeb’s mother.