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NOTI EOF ENTRY
Sir: -l lease take notice that the within is a certi fied)
true copy of a
duly entered in the office of the clerk of the within
named court on
Dated,
...
Yours, etc.,
DAVID S. MICHAELS
ttom y fo rOffice a d Post Office Ad dress
342 Madison Avenue
19
Borough of Manha ttan New Yor k, N. Y. 10017
To
Attorney(s) for
NOTI CE OF SETT L EMEN T
Sir: lease tak e notice that an order
of which the within is a true copy will be presented
for settlement to the Hon.
one of the judges of the within named Cour t, at
on the
at
Dated,
day of
M.
You rs, etc.,
DAVID S. MICHAELSAtcnm ey for
Office and P ost Office Address
342 Madison Avenu e
19
Borough of Manhat tan New York, N. Y. 10017
To
Attorn ey(s) for
Year l9No.24085 77
surnn: coim·r : new YORK COUNTY
CLS nod not DYL/a.ti •
f l 1 2 i ~ t i J : £ 0- again.at-
LKWAYS nrmm;s AND ~ R V I E CORP.
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DAVID S. MICHAELS
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Office and Post ~ ~ M ~ s e l e p l i342 Madison Avenue
Borough of Manhattan New Yor k, N. Y. 1001 7'
(212) 867-1170
To
Anorney(s) for
Service of a copy of the witllin
is hereby admitted.
Dated,
Attom ey(s) fo r
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i 197S JULIUS BLUMBll AQ INC:
·-STATE OF NEW YORK, CO UNTY OF ss. :
The undersigned, an attorney admitted to practice in the courts of New York State,
Dsm
Certifica tion certifies that the within
By Attorney has been compared by the undersigned with the original and found to be a true and comp lete copy.
Attorn ey s
Affi rm•t ionshows : deponent is
the attorney (s) of record for
in the within deponent has read theand knows the contents thereof ; the same is
true to deponenl s own knowledge, except as to the matters therein slated to be a lle9ed on information and hclicf,and that as Lo those mallers deponent believes it to be tr ue. This verification is made by deponent and nol hy
The g rounds of deponent s belief as to all matters not stated upon dcponcnt s knowl edge arc as fo llows:
The un dersigned a fTirms that the fo rego ing statements ar e true, under the penalties of perjury.
Dated:
The name signed must be printed beneath
STATE OF NEW YORK , COUNTY OF SS. :
D Individualc
Verification
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being duly sworn. deposes and says : deponent is
the in the within action ; deponent has read
the foregoing and knows the contents thereof ; the same is l rn todeponent s own knowledge, except as to the ma tters therein stated to be alleged on informat io n and hcli t>f, an cl aslo those mat ters deponent believes it to be true
u 0 Corporate the ofu Verificat ion
a corporation, in the within act ion ; deponent has rcarl the
foregoing and knows the contents thereof ; an rl th samr.is true to dcponent's own knowledge, except as to the matters therein slated lo be alleged upon information andbelief, and as to those matters deponent believes it to be true. This verification is made by deponent because
is a corporation and deponent is an o T icr r thereo f.
The grounds of deponcnt's belief as to all matters not stated upon deponent's knowledge are as fo llows :
Sworn to before me on 19The name signed musl be printed beneath
STATE OF NE W YO RK , COUNTY OFNEW YORK
SS :
B• MEYD being duly sworn , deposes and says : deponent is not a party to th<' action,
is over 18 yea rs of age and resides a t Brooklyn , ftew York
Dd a ~ i On l.Wrch 19 78 deponent served the within
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By Man upon H ~ e e BABOVICK , ~ ~ . BaAtlf • SSQS . •atto rney(ST or r faint:iff s Ill l S act10n, at One D• o H ammar ak iold Pla zft
Affidavit
of Persona l
Mew York Sw-Yc.r1 1 17 the ada ress c l e s ~ t e e r y s-aid-a ti 6rnci(s ) fOr that. pur posel.iy <lepos itinp; a f rne copy of same enclosed in a post-pa id properly addressed wrapper, in - ' i 1 f ' . r ~ 1 f . e - - o cial
deposito ry under the exclusive care and custody of the United States Postal Service with in the State of New York.
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
CBS INC. and BOB DYLAN,
Pla in t i f f s
-agains t-
FOLKWAYS RECORDS AND SERVICE CORP.
ALAN JULES .WEBERN.AN, MOSES ASCH,
BROADSIDE MAGAZINE and GORDON FRIESEN
and AGNES C U N N I N G H . ~ 1 individually and
doing business as BROADSIDE Jv AGAZINE,
and JOHN DOEs 1 through 100
Defendants.
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Index No. 24085/77
ANSWER
Defendant> ALAN JULES WEBERHAN, by his attorney
DAVID S. MICHAELS, as and for his Answer to the complaint
herein s ta tes as follm·rn:
l . Defendant ALAl'l JULES WEBERJvLD.N is without knm·1ledge
suf f ic ient to admit or deny the al legat ions of Paragraphs l 2
and 3 of the complaint herein.
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2. Defendant ALAN JULES WEBERMAN, admits the al legat ions
of Pargraph--4. o_f ~ l ] e
comelaint herein.
3. Defendant ALAN JULES WEBERL'1.AN, is without knowledge
suf f ic ient to admit or. deny the al legat ions of Paragraphs 5 6
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7 , 8 , 9 and 10 the the complaint here in .
4 . Defendant. ; 'ALAN JULES WEBERMAN, denies the al · lega t i ons
o f Paragraph 11 and spec i f i ca l l y denies the a l l ega t ions o f the
genera l paragraph t he reo f and o f a l l o f the a l l ega t ions o f sub-
paragraphs a through j ) o f the complaint here in .
5 . Defendant, ALAN JULES WEBER1'1AN, i s without knowledge
SJf f i c i en t to admit o r deny the a l l ega t ions o f Paragraphs 12, 13
nad 14 o f the complaint here in .
6. Defendant , ALAN JULES WEBER1'L<IJ'l, admits the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragraph 15 o f the complaint herein to the e f f e c t t h a t CBS INC.
previous ly brought an ac t ion agains t t h i s defendant and admits
t ha t sa id defendant executed an agreement r ep resen t ing t h a t he
did not dup l i ca te , a dve r t i s e , d i s t r ibu te o r s e l l any recordings
o f p l a i n t i f f BOB D Y L . A l ~ S songs. Defendant , ALAN JULES W E B E P ~ A N ,
denies v io l a t i on o f t h a t agreement and a l l o ther a l lega t ions
o f Paragraph 15 o f the compla in t here in .
7 . Defendant , ALAN JULES WEBERMAN, denies the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragraph 16 of the complaint here in .
8 . Defendant, ALAN JULES WEBERMAN, denies t ha t he performed
any o f the ac t s spe c i f i ed in Paragraph 17 o f the compla in t here in .
9. Defendant , ALAN JULES WEBE '1AN, admits t ha t the offending
record cons i s t s predominantly o f a conve rsa t ion between DYLAN
and WEBER.MAN. Defendant denies t ha t the recording i s abus ive ,
su r rep t i t i ous l y recorded, and denies a l l o f the o ther a l l e ga t ions
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o f Paragraph 8 o f the complaint here in .
10. Defendant , ALAN JULES WEBERMAN, admits the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragraph 19 of the complaint he re in to the e f fec t t ha t the
offending record conta ins no songs composed o r performed by
p l a i n t i f f DYLAN and defendant admits t ha t the conversa t ion between
WEB Efu'1AN and DYLAN occurred in 1970 o r 1971 and denies a l l the
o ther a l l eg ta ions o f sa id Paragraph 19.
11. Defendant , ALAN JULES WEBERHAl'l, denies the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragraph 20 o f the complaint here in .
12. ·Defendant , ALAN JULES WEBERMAN, i s without knowledge
ruf f ic ien t to admit o r deny the a l lega t ions o f Paragraph 21 o f
the complaint here in .
13. Defendant , ALAN JULES WEBERHAN, admits t ha t the brochure
spec i f ied within Paragraph 22 o f the carpla int here in conta ins a
t r ansc r ip t o f an in terv iew betweenFRIESEN
and \IBBERMAN, bu t
defendant denies tha t any o f his s ta tements therewith in are
l i be lous o r defamatory . Further , defendant denies knowlege
s u f f i c i e n t to admit o r deny the a l lega t ions with regard to the
photographs r e f e r r e d to within Paragraph 22 and s p e c i f i c a l l y
denies t ha t a s ta tement t ha t Dylan i s one o f the w i lde s t ,
gones t , and f r e a k i e s t s tuds t ha t ever stomped through the pages
o f h i s t o r y , i s in f a c t defamatory o r l i be lous .
14. Defendant , ALAN JULES WEBERM.Ai'l, denies knowledge s u f f i c i e
to admit o r deny the a l l ega t ions o f Paragraph 23 o f the compla in t ,
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15. Defendant ALAN JULES WEBERMAl l, i s without knowledge
s u f f i c i e n t to a t h e r admit o r deny t h ~ a l l ega t ions o f Paragraph
24 o f the comp l a id : herein to the e f f ec t t ha t the ·reco:r::ding com-
pla ined o f was furnished to FOLKSWAYS by BROADSIDE. Defendant
admits the a l l ega t ions o f Paragraph 24 to the e f fec t tha t he
furn ished a copy o f the recording to defendant FRIESEN.
16. Defendant ALAN JULES WEBEfil lAN, denies the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragraph 26 o f the complaint here in to the e f f e c t t ha t he
performed any o f the ac t s complained o f therewith in .
17. Defendant ALAN JULES BEBEfillA.N, denies the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragraph 27 o f the c o ~ p l i n t he re in to the e f f e c t tha t he
-performed any o f the ac t s complained o f t he rewi tb in Defendant
admits . the l l e g ~ t i o µ s o f the seconcj ~ e n t e n c e o f Paragraph 27 .. . - - • _ . . . . . . .
18. Defendant ALAN JULES WEBEfillAN, denies the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragraphs 28 29 30 and 31 o f the complaint here in .
19. Defendant ALAN JULES ·wEBERMAN, denies the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragraph 33 o f the complaint herein to the e f f e c t t ha t he
performed any o f the ac t s complained o f the rewi th in .
20. Defendant ALAN JULES WEBERMAN, denies the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragrapsh 24 35 36 38 39 40 and 42 o f the compla in t
here in .
21. Defendant ALAN JULES WEBEfillAN, i s without knowledge
s u f f i c i e n t to admit o r deny the a l l e g a t i o n s o f Paragraph 43
o f the compla in t here in .
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22. Defendant, ALAN JULES WEBER.MAN, denies the l leg t ions
of Paragraphs 44, 45 and 46 of the complaint herein .
23. Defendant, ALAN JULES WEBER11AN, admits the l l eg t ions
of Paragraph 48 of the complaint herein to the effec t th t the
offending record 11 does not contain any songs writ ten or per-
formed by DYLAN, and in f c t pr incip l ly contains a record of
a telephone conversat ion between DYLAi'l and WEBER1, AN made in
1970 or 1971, but defendant denies l l of the other l l eg t ions
of Paragraph 48.
24. Defendant, ALAN JULES WEBERMAi'l, denies the l l eg t ions
of Paragraphs 49, 5 and 51 of the complSint herein .
25. Defendant,ALAN JULES WEBEfu'1AN, is without knowledge
s i f f ic ient to admit or deny the al legat ions of Paragraph 53 of the
complaint herein.
26. Defendant, ALAN JULES WEBERMAN, denies the l l eg t ions
of Paragraphs 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69,
7 and 72 of the complaint herein .
27. De/ 'ndant , ALAN JULES
suf f i c i en t to admit or deny the
WEBERMAN, denies knowledge
al legat ions of Paragraph 74 of
the complaint herein.
28. Defendant, ALAN JULES WEBERI'LAN, denies the l l eg t ion
of Paragraph 75 of the complaint herein.
29. Defendant, ALAN JULES WEBERMAN, is without knowledge
suf f i c i en t to admit or deny the l leg t ions of Paragraph 77 of
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the complaint here in .
30, Defen6ant , ALAN JULES W E B E f i l L ~ N , denies the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragraph 78, 79, 81, 82 and 84 o f the complaint here in .
31. Defendant , ALAN .JULES WEBERMAN, denies knowledge
s i f f i c i en t to admit o r deny the a l lega t ions o f Paragraph 86
o f the complaint here in .
32. Defendant, ALAN JULES WEBERMAN, denies the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragraph 87 o f the complaint here in .
33. Defendant , ALAN JULES WEBETu. 1AN, denies the. a l l e ga t ion
o f Paragrq:h 89 o f the complaint herein and spec i f i ca l l y denies
t ha t the rep resen ta t ions re fe r red to the rewi th in were unt rue
and denies t ha t they were v i o l a t i ve . Fur the r , defendant denies
knowledge o f t he i r f a l s i t y and denies t ha t such rep resen ta t ions
were made with i n t en t to dece ive and defraud.
34. Defendant , ALAN JULES WEBEfil lAN, denies the a l l e ga t ions
o f Paragraphs 80, 92 and 93 o f the complaint here in ,
WHEREFORE, defendant , ALAN JULES WEBERMAN, demands
judgment dismissing the complaint herein as agains t him and fo r•
s.ich o ther and fu r the r r e l i e f as to the Court may seem j u s t and
proper toge ther with counsel fees and the cos t s and disbursements
incur red by sa id defendant in t h i s ac t ion .
DAVID S, MICHAELS,
Attorney . for Defendant
ALAN JULES WEBEfil IAN
342 Madison Avenue
N e ~ v York, New York 10017
212) 867 - 1170