District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania April 3, 2001, CIV.A. 01-382 (Sprague v. American Bar Ass'n)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOHN, District Judge.

On October 2, 2000, Richard Sprague [“plaintiff’] initiated this libel action against the American Bar Association [“ABA”], the ABA Journal, and Terry P. Carter [“defendants”] in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Defendant Carter was served with a copy of the writ of summons and a civil cover sheet on October 6, 2000.